Taiwan representative to US responds to Trump’s stance on arms sales

Taiwan’s representative to the US, Alexander Yui, on Sunday said Taipei trusts the Trump administration to deliver on future arms sales after President Trump said he would hold off on a $14 billion arms sale to create leverage in talks with China.

Beijing has never formally recognized Taiwan’s sovereignty, and Taiwan has long argued that it needs U.S. arms to maintain its independence. 

“President Trump has also been very clear in saying that he did not agree on anything that the Chinese side…So, again, the United States government has been consistent throughout all administrations since 1979 in providing arms to Taiwan, according to a Taiwan Relations Act, which is selling ours commensurate to the threat that Taiwan receives,” Yui said during a Sunday appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Yui touted Trump’s decision in his first term to make a “considerable” amount of sales to Taiwan, including the F-16 box 70s. 

“And also in his second........

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