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- U.S. President Donald Trump justified a pending Taiwan arms sale to Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- Trump’s ambassador to China said Trump asked Xi if he would buy U.S. arms.
- Senator David Perdue warned the offer could upend generations of U.S. policy toward China and Taiwan.
- After a May summit, the United States paused a record-breaking $14 billion Taiwan weapons package.
- U.S. law requires providing Taiwan means to defend itself.