The US has approved a sweeping arms-sales package to Taiwan valued at up to 11.15 billion dollars.

The deal covers a broad array of weapons systems, including missiles, drones and artillery. It features up to 4.05 billion dollars worth of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), along with self-propelled howitzers valued at about four billion dollars, according to Bloomberg’s report.

The sale is expected to provoke sharp criticism from Beijing, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province that must ultimately be brought under its control. China routinely condemns US arms sales to Taipei as violations of its sovereignty and a threat to regional stability.

The approval reveals Washington’s continued commitment to strengthening Taiwan’s military deterrence, even as US-China relations remain fragile. While President Donald Trump has at times questioned Taiwan’s reliance on US protection arguing during his campaign for a second term that Taipei should pay more for its security and accusing it of undermining America’s semiconductor industry, his administrations have continued to advance major weapons deals with the island.

The timing is particularly sensitive. The package comes less than two months after Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in South Korea and agreed to a one-year truce in their trade dispute. As part of that understanding, Beijing granted the US access to critical rare earths used in everything from smartphones to advanced weapons systems.

Tensions over Taiwan remain a central fault line. In a call last month, Xi told Trump that Taiwan’s return to China was an “integral part of the postwar international order,” signaling that the issue would continue to shape and strain relations between the world’s two largest economies.