Taiwan Envoy Confident of US Arms Package Approval Under Trump
Taiwan's representative in the US believes a $14 billion arms sale package will be approved by President Trump. The envoy expressed confidence that an announcement would follow the completion of the review process.
Taiwan’s representative to the United States expressed confidence that Washington would approve a new round of arms sales to Taiwan, though US President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on the matter. Asked on Thursday about a pending US$14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan, Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taipei’s de facto diplomatic envoy, told CNN: “It’s up to President Trump to decide. Once the review is done, we expect that the sale, that the announcement will be made because we need those arms....