WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department has approved the sale to Taiwan of spare parts for F-16 fighter planes and other military aircraft worth as much as $330 million, a deal that sparked admonishment from the Chinese regime on Sept. 25.
U.S. military sales to self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, is an irritant in the relations between the world’s two largest economies. Taiwan will still need to finalize details of the sale with U.S. companies.
