Executive Order 14383: Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. An America First Arms Transfer Strategy
• Sec. 4. Eliminating Inefficiencies in American Arms Transfers
• Sec. 5. Enhancing Accountability and Transparency
• Sec. 6. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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American-manufactured military equipment is the best in the world, resulting in American dominance across international defense exports. It is critical that the United States fully use this comparative advantage in arms transfers as both a tool of foreign policy and a tool to expand domestic production and transfer. To maintain our military dominance and technological superiority, the time has come to establish, implement, and execute an America First Arms Transfer Strategy. As the first strategy of its kind, it will ensure that future arms sales prioritize American interests by using foreign purchases and capital to build American production and capacity. This strategy will advance a technologically superior, ready, and resilient national security industrial enterprise. […]

Federal Register notes

Amends: EO 13637, March 8, 2013 See: EO 14268, April 9, 2025