Taiwan is searching for buying a price of billion dollars from the United States, sources reported on the matter, the new Trump administration is expected to win support as China continues to implement military pressure on the island.
Talking to Reuters on the condition of not printing the name, three sutras with the situation, the family, told Reuters that Taiwan was interacting with Washington.
The package is to display the United States that Taiwan is committed to its defense, which is one of the formulas.
Another source said that the package would include coastal defense cruise missiles and snowers rockets.
“I would be very surprised if it was less than $ 8 billion. Somewhere between 7 billion to 10 billion dollars,” said the source.
The White House did not immediately respond to the remarks request. However, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has said that he wants to give Taiwan the speed of delivery of weapons.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry refused to comment on specific purchases, but said it focuses on the construction of its defense.
“Any weapons and tools that can achieve the goals for the construction of the army are listed as the goal for the tender,” it said.
China claims that Taiwan has been democratically controlled as its territory and has never abandoned the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan firmly says objects for China’s sovereign claims and says only the people of the island can decide their future.
Trump-taiwan relationship
US President Donald Trump stole the Chip Powerhouse Taiwan on the election campaign mark that the US semiconductor had stolen a semiconductor business. This month, he threatened tattif on chip imports.
But his administration maintained diplomatic support for the Chinese claim island.
Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba issued a joint statement on 7 February. Opposing any attempt to turn the current situation in Taiwan Strait through force or force. The US State Department removed the language on its website that it does not support Taiwan independence, which has been praised by the island government. China has provoked the US to “heal its mistakes”.
Taiwan plans to propose a special defense budget that prefer accurate ammunition, air defense upgradation, command and control systems, tools for reserve forces and anti-drain technology, a third source with this case Family.
During his 2017-2021 tenure, Trump established regular weapons selling Taiwan, including a multibillion dollar deal for F -16 fighter jets. The Biden administration continued the thesis sales, although often with small value tags.
Taiwan officials saw the indicating signs from Trump’s administration, even tariffs weigh on that optimism.
Taiwan does not believe that Trump wants to “Grand Bargain” with Chinese President Xi Jinping to sell Taiwan’s interests. Trump is more concerned about putting tabifies on semocardctors, the source said.
In another sign of American commitment to Taiwan, the top American diplomat in Taiwan, Raymond Green, will retain his position, three sources reported to Reuters, even other American diplomatic posting goes through a major reshuffle.
A spokesman for the US State Department said that the director of the American institute in Green Taiwan, the informal American embassy in Taipei.
