# US ambassador says Trump asked Xi whether China wanted to buy American weapons

https://mins.news/en/item/76415

- The Guardian, 2026-09-28 00:52 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/28/trump-xi-jinping-china-buy-weapons

> US ambassador to China David Perdue said Donald Trump asked Xi Jinping during last week’s meeting whether China wanted to buy US weapons. The White House and state department said there was no plan or offer to sell arms to China and that US law prohibits such sales, as Taiwan awaits a $14bn weapons package.

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