Policy paper

The UK-US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty

The UK must follow set procedures and practices when handling certain types of US information.

• From: Cabinet Office, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Ministry of Defence
• Published: 22 May 2018
• Last updated: 20 April 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

United Kingdom / United States of America Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty

PDF, 330 KB, 31 pages

Details

The UK Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defense signed the UK-US Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty in 2007. Under the terms of this treaty, the UK must follow set procedures when dealing with “Defense Articles”.

“Defense Articles” means articles, services, and related technical data, including software, in tangible or intangible form, listed on the United States Munitions List of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, as modified or amended.

This document was updated in 2018 to amend references to the Data Protection Act (DPA) and replace those references in line with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). You can view the previous version of this document.

Published 22 May 2018
Last updated 20 April 2020 + show all updates

1. 20 April 2020

   Publication of updated document.

2. 22 May 2018

   First published.