Taiwan is searching for buying billions of dollars from the United States, sources informed the matter, the new Trump administration is expected to win support as China continues to implement military pressure on the island.
Three sutras, familiar with the situation, speaking to Reuters on the condition of anonymity, told the Reuters, while talking to the Reuters that Taiwan was interacting with Washington.
The package is to display the United States that Taiwan is committed to his defense, one of the sources.
Another source said that the package would include coastal defense cruise missiles and snowers rockets.
The source said, “I would be very surprised that if it was less than $ 8 billion. Somewhere between $ 7 billion to $ 10 billion, the source said.
The White House did not immediately respond to the remarks request. However, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has said that he wants to give Taiwan the speed of delivery of weapons.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense refused to comment on specific purchases, but said it focuses on the construction of its defense.
“Any weapons and tools that can achieve the goals for the construction of the army are listed as the goal for the tender,” it said.
China claims that democratically Taiwan controlled Taiwan as its territory and never abandoned the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan firmly says objects for the claims of China’s sovereignty and says that only the people of the island can decide their future.
Trump-taiwan relationship
US President Donald Trump stole the US semiconductor business by stealing Chip Powerhouse Taiwan on the election campaign mark. This month, he threatened tariffs on chip imports.
But his administration maintained diplomatic support for Chinese-Dawa Island.
Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba issued a joint statement on 7 February that opposed any attempt to change the current situation through force or force in Taiwan Strait. The US State Department also removed the language on its website that it does not support Taiwan independence, which has been praised by the government of the island. China has urged the US to “fix its mistakes”.
Taiwan has planned to propose a special defense budget that prefer accurate ammunition, air-defense upgrade, command and control system, tools for reserve forces and anti-drain technology, which is a familiar with this case The third source is.
During his 2017-2021 tenure, Trump established regular weapons selling Taiwan, which included a multi -billion dollar deal for F -16 fighter jets. The Biden administration continued these sales, although often with small value tags.
Taiwan officials saw the indicating signs from Trump’s administration, even tariffs weigh on that optimism.
Taiwan does not believe that Trump wants to “Grand Bargain” with Chinese President Xi Jinping to sell Taiwan’s interests. The source said that Trump is more concerned about putting tariffs on a semiconductor.
In another sign of American commitment to Taiwan, the top American diplomat in Taiwan, Raymond Green, will retain his position, three sources reported to Reuters, even other American diplomatic posting goes through a major reshuffle.
The US State Department did not immediately answer a question about the status of a green job.
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