Agreements on Inter-NATO Defense Trade.

Abstract

General Memorandums of Understanding between the Department of Defense and 11 allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) were reviewed to determine whether these agreements had provided increased reciprocal opportunities for firms of one country to compete for defense procurements by another country. A determination was not possible because the Department of Defense has not established an adequate data system to provide a base for determining the impact of the agreements on defense trade. The broad policy of Rationalization, Standardization, and Interoperability (R/S/I) became the cornerstone of U.S. policies within NATO in the 1970s. To address NATO cooperative armaments needs, the Department of Defense encouraged common production of weapons and entered into Memorandums of Understanding to reduce barriers to inter-NATO defense trade.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118123

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • National Governments
  • Nato
  • Procurement
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design