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Taiwan's top US diplomat says talks with Washington ongoing as arms deal looms

As President Donald Trump weighs a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan, communication between Taipei and Washington remains ongoing, according to Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s Representative to the U.S."This is a constant thing," Yui said. "It's an ongoing dialogue. It's not just if it doesn't happen, it ends. It's just a continuum of things."Taiwan is also increasing its own defense spending. Lawmakers recently approved a supplemental defense package worth roughly $25 billion, though Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te had pushed for closer to $40 billion.TRUMP’S TAIWAN ‘NEGOTIATING CHIP’ REMARK SPARKS AL...