{"id":61784,"date":"2025-12-18T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-plan-to-sell-taiwan-a-record-10-billion-in-arms-draws-angry-response-from-china\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:10:11","slug":"trump-administration-plan-to-sell-taiwan-a-record-10-billion-in-arms-draws-angry-response-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-administration-plan-to-sell-taiwan-a-record-10-billion-in-arms-draws-angry-response-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration plan to sell Taiwan a record $10 billion in arms draws angry response from China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, drawing an angry response from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/changing-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">China<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address by President Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak about China or Taiwan at all. <\/p>\n<p>The tension between the U.S. and China, the world&#8217;s two largest single economies, has ebbed and flowed during Mr. Trump&#8217;s second term, largely over trade and tariffs but also over China&#8217;s increasing aggressiveness toward Taiwan, which Beijing has vowed to reunify with the mainland. President Xi Jinping has not ruled out the use of force to make that a reality.<\/p>\n<p> If approved by Congress, it would be the largest-ever U.S. weapons package to Taiwan, exceeding the total amount of $8.4 billion in U.S. arms sales to Taiwan during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p> The eight arms sales agreements announced Wednesday cover 82 high-mobility artillery rocket systems, or <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/himars-ukraines-fight-against-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">HIMARS<\/a><\/span>, and 420 Army Tactical Missile Systems, or <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-uses-u-s-supplied-long-range-atacms-missiles-for-first-time-in-counteroffensive-against-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ATACMS<\/a><\/span> \u2014 similar to what the U.S. had been providing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span> during the Biden administration to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/zelenskyy-very-workable-peace-plan-end-war-ukraine-presented-russia-within-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">defend itself from Russia<\/a><\/span> \u2014 worth more than $4 billion. They also include 60 self-propelled howitzer systems and related equipment worth more than $4 billion and drones valued at more than $1 billion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/18\/cc3ed82b-c09f-43ff-93af-7dd9923a98df\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e245b27a40b1d8c97557eeedd7b2ce43\/us-himars-atacms-1255143534.jpg#\" alt=\"Himars rocket launchers placed on military vehicles and \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/18\/cc3ed82b-c09f-43ff-93af-7dd9923a98df\/thumbnail\/620x413\/e245b27a40b1d8c97557eeedd7b2ce43\/us-himars-atacms-1255143534.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/11\/18\/cc3ed82b-c09f-43ff-93af-7dd9923a98df\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/f70915f676df8e274b271a3bcf6c67a1\/us-himars-atacms-1255143534.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">U.S.-made HIMARS rocket launchers, which can fire various missiles including ATACMS, are placed on military vehicles at the military 1st Transport Aviation Base in Warsaw, Poland, in a May 15, 2023, file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Attila Husejnow\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other sales in the package include military software valued at more than $1 billion, Javelin and TOW missiles worth more than $700 million, helicopter spare parts worth $96 million and refurbishment kits for Harpoon missiles worth $91 million.<\/p>\n<p> The eight sales agreements amount to $11.15 billion, according to Taiwan&#8217;s Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n<p> The State Department said the sales serve &#8220;U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient&#8217;s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/taiwan-40-billion-budget-weapons-purchases-us-defense-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">maintain a credible defensive capability<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The proposed sale(s) will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the region,&#8221; the statements said.<\/p>\n<h2>China blasts U.S.-Taiwan arms deals, says they &#8220;will only end up backfiring&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry attacked the move, saying it would violate diplomatic agreements between China and the U.S.; gravely harm China&#8217;s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity; and undermine regional stability.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The &#8216;Taiwan independence&#8217; forces on the island seek independence through force and resist reunification through force, squandering the hard-earned money of the people to purchase weapons at the cost of turning Taiwan into a powder keg,&#8221; said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/09\/db2d676b-b4fd-4f14-8daf-4ec49471ac61\/thumbnail\/620x397\/625c857d9b89e68e0b3620252ed14343\/china-taiwan-map-974952064.jpg#\" alt=\"china-taiwan-map-974952064.jpg \" height=\"397\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/09\/db2d676b-b4fd-4f14-8daf-4ec49471ac61\/thumbnail\/620x397\/625c857d9b89e68e0b3620252ed14343\/china-taiwan-map-974952064.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/08\/09\/db2d676b-b4fd-4f14-8daf-4ec49471ac61\/thumbnail\/1240x794\/7907d1973db830c6cb9ac2f7423b8fe8\/china-taiwan-map-974952064.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mainland China and territory controlled by the Chinese government is shown in yellow, while territory claimed by, but uncontrolled by Beijing, including Taiwan, is depicted in brown on this map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Getty\/iStock<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This cannot save the doomed fate of &#8216;Taiwan independence&#8217; but will only accelerate the push of the Taiwan Strait toward a dangerous situation of military confrontation and war. The U.S. support for &#8216;Taiwan Independence&#8217; through arms will only end up backfiring. Using Taiwan to contain China will not succeed,&#8221; Guo added.<\/p>\n<h2>The U.S. role in Taiwan&#8217;s &#8220;self-defense capabilities&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Under federal law, the U.S. is obligated to assist Taiwan with its self-defense, a point that has become increasingly contentious with China, which has vowed to take Taiwan by force, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump, in an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-taiwan-china-xi-60-minutes-interview\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">exclusive interview with 60 Minutes<\/a><\/span> aired in early November, said Chinese President Xi Jinping didn&#8217;t bring up the issue of Taiwan when the two leaders met in late October, but he said Xi knew &#8220;the consequences&#8221; of taking military action against the island.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He never brought it up. People were a little surprised at that,&#8221; Mr. Trump said. &#8220;But they understand what&#8217;s gonna happen. He has openly said, and his people have openly said at meetings, &#8216;We would never do anything while President Trump is president,&#8217; because they know the consequences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked by CBS News&#8217; Norah O&#8217;Donnell whether he would order U.S. forces to defend Taiwan if Xi did move militarily on the island, Mr. Trump said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t give away my secrets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s Defense Ministry in a statement Thursday expressed gratitude to the U.S. over the arms sale, which it said would help Taiwan maintain &#8220;sufficient self-defense capabilities&#8221; and bring strong deterrent capabilities. Taiwan&#8217;s bolstering of its defense &#8220;is the foundation for maintaining regional peace and stability,&#8221; the ministry said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium\"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/china-conducts-military-drills-around-taiwan-amid-rising-tensions\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">China conducts military drills around Taiwan amid rising tensions<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">02:02<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung similarly thanked the U.S. for its &#8220;long-term support for regional security and Taiwan&#8217;s self-defense capabilities,&#8221; which he said are key for deterring a conflict in the Taiwan Strait, the body of water separating Taiwan from China&#8217;s mainland.<\/p>\n<p> The arms sale comes as Taiwan&#8217;s government has pledged to raise defense spending to 3.3% of the island&#8217;s gross domestic product next year and to reach 5% by 2030. The boost came after Mr. Trump and the Pentagon requested that Taiwan spend as much as 10% of its GDP on its defense, a percentage well above what the U.S. or any of its major allies spend on defense. The demand has faced pushback from Taiwan&#8217;s opposition KMT party and some of its population.<\/p>\n<p> Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te last month announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build an air defense system with high-level detection and interception capabilities called Taiwan Dome. The budget will be allocated over eight years, from 2026 to 2033.<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. boost in military assistance to Taiwan was previewed in legislation adopted by Congress that Mr. Trump is expected to sign shortly.<\/p>\n<p> Last week, the Chinese embassy in Washington denounced the legislation, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, saying it unfairly targeted China as an aggressor. 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