Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell called Wednesday for the Trump administration to release delayed Taiwan security funding ahead of engagements with Xi Jinping, Reuters and The Well News reported.

The demand covers hundreds of millions in appropriated foreign military financing, about $1 billion for a Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative, and approval movement on a roughly $14 billion arms package that Trump has treated as leverage. Cornyn, Murkowski, and Tillis joined the push, framing delays as risky while Chinese military activity around Taiwan rises.

The White House has cast arms timing as a negotiating chip after earlier Beijing meetings. Taiwan officials speaking anonymously have told wires that Beijing reads delays as useful friction. Accounts agree senators want funds moving; they diverge on whether public pressure helps or undercuts summit bargaining.

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