UN Talks Fail to Produce Arms Trade Treaty

U.N. negotiations failed Friday to establish the first international treaty meant to regulate the multi-billion-dollar arms trade.  Instead, the U.N. members opted for further talks.   Some member nations blamed the United States for halting an agreement at the end of the month-long negotiations in New York.  U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement that while the U.S. had wanted to conclude the negotiations with a treaty,  “more time is a ...