Pentagon official’s Beijing visit in doubt over $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, FT reports


Reuters | Updated: 21-05-2026 04:50 IST | Created: 21-05-2026 04:50 IST
Pentagon official’s Beijing visit in doubt over $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, FT reports

​Beijing ​is ‌holding up ​a ‌proposed visit by the Pentagon's under-secretary of ‌defence for ‌policy, Elbridge Colby, as China pressures ⁠U.S. ​President ⁠Donald Trump over a $14 ⁠billion weapons package ​for Taiwan, the ⁠Financial Times said ⁠on ​Thursday.

Reuters could not immediately ⁠verify the ⁠report.

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Give Feedback