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Allied weapons are now bargaining chips in deals with adversaries.
Taiwan's congressionally approved $14bn arms package sits in abeyance as leverage for a fragile trade truce with Xi — even as the president floats selling American weapons to Beijing itself.
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World & Geopolitics
Taiwan Strait: First Chinese Militia Boat Sighted Off the East Coast, a Record Defense Budget — and the $14bn US Package Still Unsigned Taiwan's approved air-defense lifeline is explicitly priced as deal leverage toward Beijing rather than delivered on allied defense need.
World & Geopolitics
First F-16Vs Land in Taiwan Under the Old Deal While the $14bn Package Stays Frozen — and Trump Asked Xi If China Wanted to Buy US Weapons While the ally's approved weapons wait in abeyance, the president treats American arms as tradeable goods, shopping them to the very adversary they are meant to deter.