What We Know About NATO’s 5 Percent Defense Spending Agreement

President Donald Trump on June 25 joined leaders of the 31 other NATO member countries at a summit where they endorsed a new defense spending target.

The alliance agreed to a target of 5 percent of each member country’s gross domestic product (GDP), a significant increase on paper from the 2 percent benchmark set during a summit in Wales in 2014.

Here’s a breakdown of what we know about the agreement, how it came about, and what it means for each member state...