Taipei says it’s yet to receive formal notice as concerns grow over Washington’s commitment to island’s security

The U.S. is pausing a $14bn arms sale to Taiwan as it diverts munitions to sustain the war against Iran, exposing mounting anxieties over rapidly depleting stockpiles.

It comes just days after Donald Trump returned from a high-profile summit with Xi Jinping in China, a country that claims sovereignty over self-governed Taiwan and has threatened to “reunite” it with the mainland by force, if necessary.

Trump said he had discussed the matter of the $14bn arms deal “in great detail” with Chinese president Xi Jinping and would make a decision “over the next fairly short period”, breaking decades of U.S. policy that states decision on Taiwan should not be made in collaboration with Beijing.

  • GodofLies@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    Just make another / multiple deal. Silly people. Both sides are snakes - so do snake things right?

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    Guess I’ll have to be the one who gets downvoted by the liberal imperialists and say this is a GOOD THING!

    Taiwan would be better off if the US fucked off and stopped trying to use it as a way to undermine China. China is much less likely to attack a Taiwan that is just being annoying than one that is slowly being armed to the teeth right off its coast. The people of Taiwan do not need more guns. They need competent leaders that can negotiate with Beijing in good faith to rejoin peacefully and on good terms.

    Americans who are so concerned about this should be more concerned about the fact the US is probably going to attack it’s 3rd country this year soon (Cuba) instead of whining about a hypothetical Chinese military action that has not happened, and absent the US forcing China’s hand, will not happen.

    You do not have the moral high ground. You are making the situation worse by sending weapons not better. Take a good long look in the mirror. Look at what happened to other countries the US did this to (Ukraine). Stop slurping up the Anti-China slop like mindless children. The US is the bad guy. Not China.

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      8 minutes ago

      In the little mind of ML users, every country is full of sheeps except china and the evil US. Ukrainians, taiwanese, iran, venezuela… it doesen’t matter, they dont have a say, right? It’s all USA meddling.

      GFYS

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    6 hours ago

    “Over the next fairly short period” god this guy can’t word.

    Also if the deal was agreed etc and part delivered I guess Taiwan can sue them or something?

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    10 hours ago

    I guess the check cleared. So great he doesn’t have to worry about being investigated for any sort of financial crimes anymore now that he can never be audited

  • brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I thought the US abandoned Europe to focus on China… They’re just abandoning anyone with a working democracy

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      9 hours ago

      Nobody has a working democracy. Europe is slowly falling into facism not tocmention that leaders lies in compaign to win then ignore people demands.