Kerry on Treaties as "Encouragement"

Kerry Signals Conditional U.S. Commitment to U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, Heritage Foundation Foundry, March 18, 2013. "On Friday afternoon—the traditional time to issue unpopular statements—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry signaled the conditional commitment of the U.S. to the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The conditions were as important as the commitment: According to Kerry, the U.S. wants a “strong and effective Arms Trade Treaty” that “recognizes that each nation must tailor and enforce its own national export and import control mechanisms,” “does not impose any new requirements on the U.S. domestic trade in firearms or on U.S. exporters,” and 'bring[s] all countries closer to existing international best practices.' "