Taipei envoy sees US$14 billion arms package moving ahead under Trump

South China Morning Post Thursday 11 June 2026, 21:36 UTC By Yuanyue Dang 1 min read

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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...

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