Exclusive: Arms deliveries to Taiwan lag: U.S. draft study

(Reuters) - The transfer of U.S. arms to Taiwan, the chief bar to better U.S.-China ties, is moving at a snail's pace, at least for several major weapons systems, a draft report to the U.S. Congress showed.

The 2011 annual report, under review by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said only four of 60 Black Hawk utility helicopters, for instance, were on order as of mid-October, even though the Obama administration notified lawmakers of their planned sale to Taipei in January 2010.   More