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US pursues sale of over $2bn in weapons to Taiwan, testing China

Potential deal for tanks and anti-aircraft munitions risks raising tensions

The planned weapons sale includes 108 M1A2 Abrams tanks like this one.   © Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States is pursuing the sale of more than $2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates.

An informal notification of the proposed sale has been sent to the U.S. Congress, the four sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the possible deal.

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