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The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea.
The State Department said the package included technical support for early warning radar, high speed anti-radiation missiles, torpedoes and missile components.
Beijing has given Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen the cold shoulder since she took power last year because she leads an independence-leaning ruling party and refuses to recognize the "one China" policy.
Sales of defensive weapons, based on Taiwan's needs, are a key provision of our commitments as laid out by the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances," said Rep. Ed Royce, referring to legislation and informal guidelines that steer U.S. relations with Taiwan.

WASHINGTON — The State Department on Thursday cleared a massive arms deal for Taiwan, worth up to $1.3 billion.

The move comes as at a time when the Trump administration continues to rely on China to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear weapons program.

The potential package includes seven different items sought by the Taiwanese government:

Early Warning Radar Surveillance Technical Support ($400 million)AGM-154C Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) ($185.5 million)AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation (HARM) Missiles ($147.5 million)MK 48 6AT Heavy Weight Torpedoes ($250 million)MK 46 to MK-54 Torpedo Upgrade ($175 million)SM-2 Missile Components ($125 million)AN/SLQ-32A Electronic Warfare (EW) Shipboard Suite Upgrade ($80 million)As with all foreign military sales, the agreement must be cleared by Congress and then go through actual negotiations over the equipment and dollar figures. As a result, the sale will likely shift and end up below the $1.3 billion estimate.

A U.S government official, speaking on background ahead of the announcement, said the weapons offer does not reflect any change in the long-standing “One China” policy. China does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation.
Additionally, the Trump administration is expected in the coming days to determine that the American steel industry needs to be protected from cheap imports as a matter of national security. That is expected to lead Mr. Trump this summer to impose tariffs on steel imports, yet another action that is sure to infuriate the Chinese.

At a news conference at the Chinese embassy in Washington during a Thursday evening party celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China, Cui Tiankai, China’s ambassador to the United States, condemned the arms sale and bank sanction.

“And all these actions — sanctions against Chinese companies, especially arms sales to Taiwan — will certainly undermine the mutual confidence of the two sides and runs counter to the spirit of the Mar-a-Lago summit,” Mr. Cui said. He was referring to an April meeting between the two presidents, where they each talked tough on trade but described a warming kinship, at Mr. Trump’s estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

The flurry of actions targeting China comes a week before Mr. Trump is expected to meet with Mr. Xi at a Group of 20 meeting in Germany. Eric G. Altbach, a senior vice president at the Albright Stonebridge Group, said it might signal that the Trump administration is trying to show China that it cannot be managed by Beijing on key issues.

“So taking this series of actions is potentially an attempt to send a wake-up call in advance of their discussions at the G-20,” Mr. Altbach added.

A statement released by the Chinese Embassy in Washington said that the sale of arms to Taiwan "grossly interferes" in China's domestic affairs. "The Chinese side has lodged serious representation to the US side, and reserves every right to take further action," read the statement.

On Thursday, the Trump administration notified Congress of its plans to go ahead with the controversial arms package, the first such sale under President Trump.

State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said the agreement included "seven proposed defense sales for Taiwan," adding that the deal was valued at "about $1.42 billion."

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