Trump reportedly offered Xi Jinping the chance to buy US weapons during meeting
- US Ambassador David Perdue said Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if China wanted to buy US weapons from America.
- Perdue made the claim while discussing Taiwan and Washington’s pending $14 billion arms package for Taipei, Taiwan.
- The White House said the US has no plans to sell weapons to China, while US law prohibits such arms sales.
- China opposes US arms sales to Taiwan, which Beijing considers its territory, while Taiwan sees China as a military threat.
Source: theguardian.com
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