The package could be announced as soon as Friday one official said though the timing may shift . This is the first time the US has transferred equipment to Taiwan under what is known as Presidential Drawdown Authority allowing the US to pull the weapons and other stocks directly from Defense Department inventories . Taiwan’s most recent purchase last month included . million of mm ammunition and related equipment as well as million of logistics support . It is unclear what weaponry or equipment will be in the drawdown package or if the US will explicitly detail its contents as it often does with Ukraine package . In June Secretary of State Antony Blinken became the first top US diplomat to visit Beijing in five years . Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visited Beijing in early July . In a sign of progress Treasury Secretary Antony Blinken said the two countries had made progress toward improving and stabilizing relations between two superpowers . This story will be updated. This story is breaking and will be an updated version of this article to be updated to this article. This article is being published by The Daily Intentional News. The DailyMail.com/tagtagtag/tag/tweets/daily/news/tabloid/tagtags-tag/daily .com/news.com . Back to Back to the page you came from: http://www.dailymailonline/dailymail/newsonline/newslink//newswire/com//tag-tag-tags-back-to-the-news/top-twelet/dailylink/news-tagtags/tags-tagstags-tabloulet/tags/tagloulets-tags/toptags-top-tags. Back to The Dailymail/tags.com.