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U.S. may delay Taiwan arms sale amid more Trump-Xi meetings: Analysts
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- Sep 26, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC
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The timing of a pending major U.S. arms sale to Taiwan remains uncertain after Thursday's Trump-Xi meeting at the White House, with analysts saying Washington could hold off because the two leaders are set to meet twice more this year.
The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Ming-Chi (陳明祺) yesterday, following a Washington summit between the US and Chinese leaders.Democratically governed Taiwan, which China cla
Taiwan was absent from the eight-point public outcomes, but it was not absent from the leaders' talks. The omission says more about what Washington and Beijing could document together than about whether the issue had been set aside.