PARIS — The Trump administration is proposing to sell more than $2 billion worth of tanks and other military equipment to Taiwan, American officials said on Thursday. The sale would be one of the largest to Taiwan in recent years by the United States. But the Taiwan Relations Act obligates the United States government to help Taiwan maintain self-defense capabilities, and each administration has sold it arms packages. The United States is Taiwan’s main arms supplier. The Taiwan defense ministry requested the weapons in the latest package, which was first reported by Reuters on Wednesday.

Source: International New York Times June 06, 2019 18:00 UTC