Defense security

Reuters reported on Friday that a US$14 billion arms package to Taiwan, possibly the largest ever, is ready for US President Donald Trump's approval and could be announced after his visit to Beijing. Despite the delay in the Trump-Xi summit, Taiwan's Defence Minister Wellington Koo Li-hsiung reassured on Tuesday that Taipei had received no indication of any sales delay. Broader concerns loom as the US depletes ammunition stockpiles in the war on Iran.