President Trump denied discussing U.S. weapons sales with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said Trump had raised the idea. Trump suggested China might want to buy U.S. equipment but said he and Xi had not discussed it, adding that Perdue may have been referring to Taiwan. Perdue said Trump had characterized arms sales to Taiwan as part of broader U.S. weapons sales worldwide and defended Trump’s position on Taiwan. Trump rated his meeting with Xi at 12 out of 10 and said they would meet twice more before year-end, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in November and the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December. U.S. arms transfers to China would conflict with laws authorizing weapons shipments to Taiwan for self-defense and deterrence, although the United States does not recognize Taiwan as a country and has not committed to defending it if China invades. Trump previously warned of consequences for an invasion but declined to detail them.