{
  "id": 10552546,
  "title": "Diplomacy: US arms sale to China? Trump denies offer to Xi",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/diplomatie-us-waffenverkauf-an-china-trump-dementiert-angebot-an-xi",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-28T22:46:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/diplomatie-us-waffenverkauf-an-china-trump-dementiert-angebot-an-xi/100258083.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "US President Donald Trump has denied making an offer to Chinese President Xi Jinping to sell arms to China, contradicting statements made by US Ambassador to China David Perdue. Perdue had said in a TV interview that Trump had offered to sell arms to China, but Trump said he had never discussed this with Xi and would need to ask Perdue about it. China's Foreign Ministry responded cautiously, saying that China would strengthen its defence capabilities based on its needs and that it was committed to maintaining world peace and stability. The possible sale of US arms to China could cause concern among US allies in East Asia, particularly Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.",
  "summary": "Did Trump actually make an offer to Chinese President Xi to buy weapons from the US? In front of running cameras, the US President claims to know nothing about it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Trump denies offering to sell arms to China's Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-denies-offering-to-sell-arms-to-chinas-xi",
        "published": "2026-09-28T19:55:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Trump denies offering to sell arms to China’s Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-denies-offering-to-sell-arms-to-chinas-xi-10544037",
        "published": "2026-09-28T21:17:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Trump asked China’s president if he wanted to buy US arms, ambassador says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/trump-asked-chinas-president-if-he-wanted-to-buy-us-arms-ambassador",
        "published": "2026-09-28T22:51:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Trump contradicts US envoy over reported offer to sell arms to China’s Xi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/trump-contradicts-us-envoy-over-reported-offer-to-sell-arms-to-chinas",
        "published": "2026-09-29T01:00:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}