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Trump Holds Beijing Summit With Xi Jinping, Discusses Taiwan Arms Package and Maintains Strategic Ambiguity
President Donald Trump revealed that Xi Jinping directly asked whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan during their Friday summit. Trump responded that only he knows the answer and stated he made no commitment either way, while pausing approval of a $14 billion arms package to Taiwan that has been ready since March.
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President Donald Trump wrapped his Beijing summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday. U.S. would defend Taiwan.
Trump responded to Xi Jinping by saying, "There’s only one person that knows that, you know who it is? " He added that he made “no commitment either way” on Taiwan.
U.S. The 1982 President Ronald Reagan “Six Assurances” to Taipei came up in talks between President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. Trump discussed the arms package to Taiwan in detail with Xi Jinping and paused his decision on whether to approve it. The arms package to Taiwan is worth roughly $14 billion and is reportedly the largest-ever for Taiwan.
The arms package for Taiwan has sat ready for Trump’s approval since at least March. U.S. S.
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