The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. has no current plans to sell weapons to China, directly refuting earlier comments from U.S. Ambassador to China, David Perdue. Perdue had stated that President Donald Trump previously asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he would be interested in buying American arms at some point.
Unnamed U.S. officials clarified that while Trump may have made such an inquiry, his administration has no intentions of proceeding with weapon sales to China. These officials emphasized that current U.S. law prohibits such arms sales to Beijing.
One official explicitly stated that no offers of weapons sales have been made to China, reinforcing the legal barriers to such transactions. This clarification comes amidst heightened geopolitical tensions and scrutiny over U.S. foreign policy regarding China.
