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Obama informs Congress of arms sales

US President Barack Obama has informed Congress that he will approve the sale of weapons to Taiwan.

The White House opened discussions about the arms sale last week in a series of secret talks on Capitol Hill. Those talks are continuing this week.

Congressional sources have told the Taipei Times that a public announcement detailing the weapons involved will be made soon — possibly before the end of this month.

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Ma could cave in to PRC: opposition

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday questioned the government’s promise not to allow Chinese agricultural products to enter the country on the eve of the first round of official negotiations on an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) today in Beijing.

TSU Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) cited a study by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, which said Taiwan still bars 2,194 Chinese items from entering Taiwan — 1,360 industrial products and 834 agricultural products.

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Newsflash

Ten lawmakers from the two main political parties yesterday were indicted for causing bodily injury and other offenses during a spate of brawls inside the legislative chamber and a committee room in 2024 and last year.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介), Liao Wei-hsiang (廖偉翔), Chiu Cheng-chun (邱鎮軍), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪), Huang Jen (黃仁), Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) and Chen Yu-jen (陳玉珍), as well as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬), Michelle Lin (林楚茵) and Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) were charged following the investigation of criminal complaints, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.