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WASHINGTON, Jun 6: President Donald Trump has indicated that he may still speak with Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, even after China has publicly urged him not to directly engage with the leader of the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. Trump first raised the idea last month on his way back from meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing, saying that he intended to speak directly with Lai as he weighs whether to go ahead with a USD 14 billion arms sale for Taipei that Congress approved earlier this year. The US president on Friday suggested that a call…
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