Washington/Brussels, Aug. 20 -- The White House has imposed an additional 10% charge on its arm sales to Europe, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had earlier announced that Washington will sell arms to Ukraine through Europe via NATO.
Bessent argued that the additional charges could offset costs for any direct support Washington provides for Kyiv.
In an interview with Fox News on Tuesday evening, Bessent dismissed concerns that US taxpayers would foot the bill for Ukraine's air cover, stressing that one of President Donald Trump's key goals has been to avoid sending more money to Kyiv, as he was not going to give Ukraine a carte blanche in regards to weapons or monetary aid, reports RT.
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