Arming Taiwan an important U.S. interest, Taipei official says after Trump-Xi summit - Fri, 25 Sep 2026 PST

TAIPEI, Taiwan – The United States providing weapons to Taiwan to protect its freedom and provide semiconductors to the world is in the U.S. national interest, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Saturday following a summit between the Chinese and U.S. presidents. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended a three-day summit on Friday with no big public breakthroughs on a host of contentious issues, including Taiwan which Beijing views as its own territory.