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Subject: WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States plans to sell Taiwan US$1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump…
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States plans to sell Taiwan US$1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters the administration had told Congress of the seven proposed sales on Thursday (June 29)
The State Department said the package included technical support for early warning radar, high-speed anti-radiation missiles, torpedoes and missile components
Nauert said the sales showed US “support for Taiwan’s ability to maintain a sufficient self-defence capability,” but there was no change to the United States’ long-standing “one China” policy
The sale, which requires congressional approval, would be the first to Taiwan under Trump and the first since a US$1.83 billion sale that former President Barack Obama announced in December 2015, to China’s dismay
The US’ decision to go ahead with the sale of a $1.4 billion arms package to Taiwan threatens to undermine US-Chinese relations, China’s ambassador to Washington said
Speaking to reporters at an embassy reception in DC Thursday, Ambassador Cui Tiankai said recent US moves eroded the trust built when US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida in April
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