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The US State Department has cleared the potential sale of four "weapons-ready" aerial drones to Taiwan.
The $US600 million ($833 million) deal would be the first such sale since the Trump administration loosened US policy on the export of sophisticated and closely guarded drone technology.
The move is likely to infuriate China, which regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has reacted angrily to previous announcements about weapons sales to the island.
The US State Department's formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales, which is unlikely given broad bipartisan support for the defence of Taiwan.
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