Washington's approval coincides with Taipei's decision to spend an extra $2.97 billion to buy more weapons next year, including fighter jets.
Taiwan's current administration has overseen a military modernisation programme to make the island's armed forces better able to face China, including upgrading its fleet of F-16 fighter jets and developing its own submarines.
The US decision coincided with Taipei announcing on Thursday that it will spend an extra $2.97 billion to buy weapons next year, including fighter jets to bolster its defences. The budget will have to be approved by parliament, where Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen's Democratic Progressive Party has a majority. Defence spending for next year will amount to 2.5 percent of Taiwan's GDP.
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