US envoy's China arms remark meets State Department clarification
Ambassador David Perdue said Trump asked Xi whether China wanted to buy US weapons. The State Department says there is no offer or plan to sell arms to China.
US ambassador David Perdue said Donald Trump asked Xi Jinping whether China wanted to buy American weapons. Perdue did not specify when the question was raised or how Xi responded. The State Department subsequently said there is no offer or plan to sell arms to China. Perdue's account of the exchange is attributed to him; it does not establish a weapons deal.