# Taiwan arms sales become leverage for Trump-Xi summit, report says

https://mins.news/en/video/64122

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-18 11:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZd5TX7axHc

> The US and Chinese presidents are scheduled to meet in Washington later this month, although Beijing has not formally announced Xi Jinping’s visit. Japan’s Kyodo News reported that Beijing warned it could cancel the summit if Washington approved a new $10bn arms sale to Taiwan beforehand. Trump said he was not worried.

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