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Its last war games near Taiwan were in late December, following news of an $11-billion US arms deal for Taipei, the largest ever.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2026 The United States paused the $14 billion arms deal after that meeting.—ABC News,
29 Sep. 2026 And the actual story Segal was referencing in The Nation was about how the Israeli government allowed Bulgaria to whitewash their WWII history to secure an arms deal with the country.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
6 May 2026 Beijing has long seen Taiwan as the most sensitive aspect of its ties with the US and slammed the announcement in December of an US$11 billion arms deal between the US and Taiwan – one of the biggest arms deals on record.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arms deal