WASHINGTON—Congress should move quickly with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan as China “seeks to extend its authoritarian reach” over the region, leading U.S. Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Aug. 16.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch (R-Idaho), said in a statement that he welcomed the sale of Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-16 jets to boost Taiwan’s “ability to defend its sovereign airspace, which he said is ”under increasing pressure” from China.
