Trump’s New Arms-Control Envoy Has a Short Clock for an Uphill Deal
As President Trump’s new specific envoy for arms control, Marshall Billingslea faces what many experts say is a almost unachievable mission: negotiating an accord that would go over all Chinese, Russian and American nuclear arms.
A three-way nuclear-arms-control settlement has been a objective for President Trump for a 12 months, but Mr. Billingslea is looking at major hurdles. China has rebuffed U.S. entreaties to appear to the negotiating table. The Russians have very long balked at which include their tactical nuclear weapons in a new accord. And…
