Marco Rubio insists US not under China pressure to review arms sales

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims Washington's arms sales to Taiwan is not under review because of pressure from China.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Chris Coons questioned Rubio when he made the denial Tuesday

"They (China) are constantly talking about Taiwan arms sales, but that in no way is what is holding up our decision making or the White House's decision making," said Rubio.

"It is something the president will have to decide on the timing of when and how that is executed on, it's been approved by Congress, it's been noticed, the money is available."

Late last month, US Acting Secretary of Navy Hung Cao said the country's 14 billion US dollars arms sales to Taiwan is paused to ensure it has enough weapons for the Iran war.