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Trump said last week that US arms sales to Taiwan could be used as a “very good negotiating chip
Trump suggested he could use arms sales to [Taiwan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/taiwan) as a “negotiating chip
Trump's subsequent [comments](https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-trump-arms-68eaac52b871e556aa6bd0509b101a90) that arms sales to Taiwan is a "very good negotiating chip
Trump has also suggested that the package could be used as a “negotiating chip” – despite a decades-old precedent against consulting with Beijing on arms sales. China claims self-governing Taiwan
Trump’s framing of weapons packages as a negotiating chip, saying that Taiwan could be reduced to a “pawn to be moved around” with “no initiative and no agency”. This concern that Taiwan may become
arms package to Taiwan, following [an $11bn (£8.2bn) weapons sale announced in December.](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7095g45p1po) After the summit, Trump was non-committal about giving final approval to the latest package, telling Fox News
arms sales to the island democracy, which it regards as a breakaway province, despite never having ruled it, and has not renounced the use of force to take. During Trump’s visit, Xi issued
Trump during the welcome ceremony. The symbolism was hard to miss. Musk and Huang represent some of the most sensitive pressure points in the US-China economic relationship: electric vehicles, artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor
negotiations and ease tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. The leaders of the world’s two largest economies are due to meet on Thursday and Friday during Trump’s first visit to China since