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The funding from the surcharge is used to support the FMS process, by which the U.S. government acts as the go-between for industry and a foreign customer, using the American acquisition system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes days after the Trump administration rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2018\/04\/23\/do-new-trump-arms-export-rules-live-up-to-the-hype\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">a new set of guidelines<\/a> for conventional arms transfers and unmanned systems as part of a broader push to increase American weapon sales abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. sold $41.9 billion in arms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2017\/11\/29\/america-sold-nearly-42b-in-weapons-to-foreign-countries-in-2017\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">through the FMS process<\/a> in fiscal 2017, per a DSCA statement. Based on that figure, the U.S. took in roughly $1.46 billion through the 3.5 percent surcharge. Reducing it to 3.2 percent would drop that number to around $1.34 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DSCA head Lt. Gen. 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