that it would halt all new cruise missile deals with Iran. On January 20, 1998, it informed the United States that it had stopped the anti-ship cruise missile exporting program to Iran.14 The leaders of China and the United States exchanged visits in October 1997 and June 1998, which resulted in the termination of the Sino-Iranian nuclear technology cooperation and a moratorium on the arms trade between China and Iran for a period of time.