China Says Trump's Taiwan Arms Sale Undercuts Early Goodwill
- $1.3 billion package includes radar maintenance, torpedoes
- List sent to Congress stops short of Taiwan’s hope for F-35s
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China protested President Donald Trump’s proposal to sell $1.3 billion in arms to Taiwan, saying the deal ran counter to early pledges for cooperation between the two sides.
The arms package -- the first sent to Congress by Trump -- includes early-warning surveillance radar, anti-radar, air-launched missiles and naval torpedoes. Still, the proposal was smaller than many past deals, such as a $5.9 billion deal offered by then President Barack Obama in 2011, and didn’t include Lockheed Martin Corp.’s F-35 fighter jet or other advanced weapons that Taiwan wanted.