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Fortune
Sasha Rogelberg

'Unsettling to American partners': Trump’s offer to sell arms to China is an admission he doesn’t take its security threats seriously, experts warn

Donald Trump (left) and Xi Jinping, shaking hands (Credit: Kevin Dietsch—Getty Images)

President Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to China during President Xi Jinping’s recent summit in Washington, a move foreign policy experts said makes a mockery of U.S. warnings about the looming Chinese military threat.

In an interview with Fox News Sunday, David Purdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, suggested U.S. weapons are open to a multitude of countries, China included.

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