Trump Vows to 'Continue Trade' With Qatar Amid Gulf Cooperation Council Boycott
President Donald Trump wants to “continue trade” with Qatar, he said Sept. 19, even as other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Egypt in June imposed a boycott on the country over concerns related to Doha’s alleged backing…
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of terrorism. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., in June announced he was blocking consent for arms sales to GCC states until a clearer path for resolving the boycott emerged (see 1706260053). Major U.S. arms sales are subject to preliminary approval by the chairman and ranking member of both the Foreign Relations and the House Foreign Affairs Committee before a statutory 30-day congressional review process starts. "Senator Corker will again begin providing informal clearance on future sales when there is a path forward to resolve the dispute and sees this as a tool for additional administration leverage," a Corker aide said in an email.