The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The US transferred seven times more than China, and five times more than Russia. Ben Norton explains how the military-industrial complex profits from war.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVFvEmhey_k

Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/13/us-top-weapons-exports-china-russia/

Credit to Stephen Semler for some charts: https://www.stephensemler.com

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0:00 China "threat" claims

0:43 US military spending

1:34 US foreign interventions

2:40 USA is no. 1 arms dealer

3:57 Top weapons exporters

5:08 Growth in arms exports

5:56 Israel's suppliers

6:23 Top weapons importers

7:16 Europe doubles arms imports

8:32 Trump demands more NATO spending

10:47 Replacing welfare with warfare

12:56 Top military spenders

14:39 Real US military budget

15:40 DOGE ignores Pentagon fraud

17:00 Outro