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As next year’s deadline for renewing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) approaches, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has set an ambitious goal – to replace and extend the treaty to include China.New START is a nuclear arms agreement between the United States and Russia that took effect in 2011 and sets limits on land-based intercontinental and submarine missiles, nuclear warheads and heavy bombers. The treaty is due to expire next February, but it may be extended for an additional five years with mutual ratification.Extension negotiations for New START took place in Vienna on June 22. The White House had invited China to join the round of talks, but China declined, saying its weapons arsenal is far smaller than those of the United States or Russia. In response, U.S. Envoy Marshall Billingslea tweeted a picture of an empty seat next to a set of Chinese flags, writing: Vienna talks about to start. China is a no-show. Beijing still hiding behind #GreatWallofSecrecy on its crash nuclear build-up
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