In addition, if the US reduces arms sales prior to cross-strait negotiations and thus strengthens the PRC side, Beijing will be even less willing to accept Taipei as an equal, and in the long run this will prove even more of an obstacle to cross-strait cooperation.
另外，美國在兩岸對話前替中共助長聲勢，將使中共更不願意接受台灣為平等的一方，如此更是兩岸合作的阻礙。