--- title: U.S. Will Sell $1.42 Billion Worth of Arms to Taiwan description: The U.S. plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under Trump's administration and a move sure to anger China canonical: https://time.com/4840750/us-taiwan-arms-sale/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-30T02:48:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:23:40.189Z article:section: World og:title: The U.S. Will Sell $1.42 Billion Worth of Arms to Taiwan og:description: The sale is sure to infuriate Beijing. og:url: https://time.com/4840750/us-taiwan-arms-sale/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6168dc804145bea/6988d41322fb850463e21cd8/gettyimages-614269888.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Armored vehicles that were not fitted with weapons, parade og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The U.S. Will Sell $1.42 Billion Worth of Arms to Taiwan twitter:description: The sale is sure to infuriate Beijing. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6168dc804145bea/6988d41322fb850463e21cd8/gettyimages-614269888.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The U.S. Will Sell $1.42 Billion Worth of Arms to Taiwan, Courting China's Wrath > Sponsored content. 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Armored vehicles that were not fitted with weapons, parade in front of Taiwan's Presidential Palace in downtown Taipei on the occasion of the 105 years celebration of the founding of the Republic of China.Alberto Buzzola—LightRocket/Getty Images by [David Brunnstrom and Arshad Mohammed / Reuters](https://time.com/author/reuters/) ## David Brunnstrom and Arshad Mohammed / Reuters Jun 30, 2017 2:48 AM UTC (WASHINGTON) – The United States plans to sell Taiwan $1.42 billion in arms, the first such sale under the administration of Donald Trump and a move sure to anger China, whose help the president has been seeking to rein in North Korea. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters the administration had told Congress of the seven proposed sales on Thursday. “It’s now valued about $1.42 billion,” she said. The State Department said the package included technical support for early warning radar, high speed anti-radiation missiles, torpedoes and missile components. Nauert said the sales showed U.S. “support for Taiwan’s ability to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability,” but there was no change to the United States’ long-standing “one China” policy, which recognizes Beijing and not Taipei. The sale, which requires congressional approval, would be the first to Taiwan under Trump and the first since a $1.83 billion sale that former President Barack Obama announced in December 2015, to China’s dismay. The previous package included two navy frigates in addition to anti-tank missiles and amphibious attack vehicles. A State Department official said the latest package primarily represented “upgrades to existing defense capabilities aimed at converting current legacy systems from analog to digital.” Taiwan’s defence ministry said the items would enhance its air and sea combat capability and early warning defenses. “We will as soon as possible discuss with the United States the purchase, the duration, the amount and other details, and plan the follow-up budget,” the ministry said in a statement on Friday. It said Taiwan and the United States would continue to consolidate their security partnership to contribute to long-term stability in the region. ### Strong Support In a strong sign of congressional support, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee welcomed what he called the “long-overdue” arms sale. “Sales of defensive weapons, based on Taiwan’s needs, are a key provision of our commitments as laid out by the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances,” said Rep. Ed Royce, referring to legislation and informal guidelines that steer U.S. relations with Taiwan. U.S. officials said in March the administration was crafting a big arms sale to Taiwan, but such talk died down as Trump sought to persuade Beijing to do more to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, an increasing threat to the United States. Earlier on Thursday, China responded angrily and said it had protested to Washington after a U.S. Senate committee approved a bill calling for the resumption of port visits to Taiwan by the U.S. Navy for the first time since the United States adopted a one-China policy in 1979. The bill also directs the Pentagon to help Taiwan develop an indigenous undersea warfare program and recommends strengthened strategic cooperation with Taipei. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said the bill was in violation of the principles of U.S.-China relations and called on Washington to halt military drills with and arms sales to Taiwan “to avoid further impairing broadly cooperative China-U.S. relations.” U.S. officials told Reuters this week that Trump – who alarmed Beijing after assuming office by breaking with decades of precedent and talking to Taiwan’s president – was becoming increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and trade. According to the officials, Trump is now considering trade actions against Beijing, despite having heaped praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping after an April summit. Also on Thursday, Washington stepped up pressure on Beijing by imposing sanctions on two Chinese citizens and a shipping company for helping North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and accusing a Chinese bank of laundering money for Pyongyang. China’s ambassador to Washington said the arms sales to Taiwan and sanctions against Chinese companies would hurt bilateral relations. Ambassador Cui Tiankai, speaking to reporters at an embassy reception, said, “And all these actions, sanctions against Chinese companies and especially arms sales to Taiwan, will certainly undermine the mutual confidence between the two sides and runs counter to the spirit of the Mar-a-Lago summit.” Trump and President Xi Jinping met in Florida in April. “We are against this kind of long-arm jurisdiction by the U.S. side,” Cui said. Trump plans to meet Xi again on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany next week, U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. 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