Taipei envoy sees US$14 billion arms package moving ahead under Trump

Taiwan’s representative to the United States expressed confidence that Washington would approve a new round of Taiwan" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="131490" data-entity-type="topic">arms sales to Taiwan, though US President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on the matter.Asked on Thursday about a pending US$14 billion US arms sale to Taiwan, Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taipei’s de facto diplomatic envoy, told CNN: “It’s up to President Trump to decide. Once the review is done, we expect that the sale, that the announcement will be made because we need those arms to defend ourselves better.”Meanwhile, Cheng Li-wun, leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, who is visiting Washington, said she did not oppose US Taiwan" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="131490" data-entity-type="topic">arms sales to Taiwan.