Tag: defence spending

Washington : US President Donald Trump suggested the NATO countries to increase their defence spending to 4 per cent -- doubling the 2 per cent target that many members of the bloc were yet to meet. "During the President's remarks today (Wednesday) at the NATO summit, he suggested that countries not only meet their commitment of 2 per cent of their GDP on defence spending, but that they increase it to 4 per cent," CNN quoted White House press secretary Sarah Sanders as saying in a statement. She said Trump "raised...