US 'unlikely' to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan
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China cut off ties with the United States military for most of last year to protest against an American arms package for Taiwan. Sources following the issue said Washington would probably opt against the F-16 sale.
"If the Obama administration goes this way, it's a political decision," Rupert Hammond-Chambers, president of the US-Taiwan Business Council, said.
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