President Trump declared the US will not engage in war over Taiwan and discussed arms sales with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but deferred a decision. He aims to avoid conflict while maintaining strategic ambiguity.

The United States will not fight a war over Taiwan, President Donald Trump has declared, while revealing that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping “talked a lot” about the island during his state visit to Beijing. However, Trump stopped short of approving arms sales to the island, leaving open the future of major arms packages. In an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier in Beijing, Trump said: “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent and we’re supposed to travel 9,500 miles (about...