Washington – China’s Xi Jinping is expected to press U.S. President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint statement during a visit to Washington this week, which he could do at the U.S. National Archives, sources briefed on the matter said.
China regularly describes the issue of Taiwan, which Beijing views as its own territory, as its most sensitive and important diplomatic issue and has repeatedly called for arms sales to stop.
The U.S. is bound by law to provide democratically governed Taiwan with the means to defend itself, despite the lack of formal diplomatic relations. Taiwan’s government rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims.
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