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Senate OKs new-format arms talks

MILITARY TIES In a move that could end yearly arms negotiations with Taiwan, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has given its approval to a new policy that would allow future talks on a case-by-case basis

By Charles Snyder  /  STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON

But the administration in Washington decided to "defer" the sale of AEGIS-equipped destroyers that Taiwan's navy had eagerly sought.

The sale, with an estimated value of some US$4 billion, was by far the largest since Bush's father in 1992 decided to sell Taiwan 150 F-16 fighters.

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