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Executive department of the U.S. federal government
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other countries, its primary duties are advising the U.S. president on international relations, administering diplomatic missions, negotiating international treaties and agreements, protecting citizens abroad and representing the U.S. at the United Nations.
More on Wikipedia ↗The U.S. ambassador to China says President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States
Donald Trump’s ambassador to China, David Perdue, says the US president asked Xi Jinping whether China wanted to buy American weapons. The bigger question may be what that says about Taiwan.
U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Trump raised the idea of arms sales from the U.S. to Xi, in an offer that would have upended generations of U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan.