The Canadian government is still reviewing its contract to sell $13-billion worth of light-armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia. Germany took a stand immediately, after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, halting its military exports to the kingdom. But as Redmond Shannon reports, Angela Merkel’s government is under pressure to reverse that decision.
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