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No call with Taiwan, no new arms sales: how Trump is preparing to welcome Xi
US President Donald Trump is not expected to have a phone call with Taiwanese leader Lai Ching-te, despite earlier openness to speaking with the person 'running' Taiwan. A call with Lai could derail an expected summit with China, according to sources.
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