Die USA kündigen ein umfangreiches Paket von Waffenverkäufen an Taiwan im Wert von mehr als 10 Milliarden US-Dollar an

… and China again complains that the US and Taiwan are aggressors who are trying to destroy it. They are broken records about that kind of thing by now. They always blame other countries when their own aggression causes problems.

I thought tarrifs are bringing in trillions. Why bother with these small insignificant deals?

The eight arms sales agreements announced Wednesday cover 82
high-mobility artillery rocket systems, or HIMARS, and 420 Army Tactical
Missile Systems, or ATACMS — similar to what the U.S. had been
providing Ukraine during the Biden administration to defend itself from
Russia — worth more than $4 billion. They also include 60 self-propelled
howitzer systems and related equipment worth more than $4 billion and
drones valued at more than $1 billion.

Other sales in the package include military software valued at more
than $1 billion, Javelin and TOW missiles worth more than $700 million,
helicopter spare parts worth $96 million and refurbishment kits for
Harpoon missiles worth $91 million.

Taiwan is all about the chips. What was it that happened this week about sales to China and would this be a tit for tat?