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US Agrees to $330 Million Sale of Fighter Jets to Taiwan

The Pentagon said that the proposed sale would improve Taiwan’s ‘capability to meet current and future threats.’
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US Agrees to $330 Million Sale of Fighter Jets to Taiwan
Taiwan and U.S. flags in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 27, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
Rachel Roberts
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The United States agreed to a $330 million deal for the sale of fighter jets and other aircraft parts to Taiwan on Nov. 13 in the first such deal since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

The announcement of the proposed arms deal follows last month’s meeting between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea in a diplomatic bid to secure a trade deal amid the ongoing tariff war between the world’s two largest economies.
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Rachel Roberts is a London-based journalist with a background in local then national news. She focuses on health and education stories and has a particular interest in vaccines and issues impacting children.