WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has announced that he will visit China in April 2026 on the invitation of President Xi Jinping.
The US president said he held a “very good” phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which the leaders discussed the war in Ukraine, fentanyl trafficking and a deal for farmers.
“We have done a good, and very important, deal for our Great Farmers — and it will only get better. Our relationship with China is extremely strong!,” he said in a Truth Social post. Trump also said he had accepted Xi’s invitation to visit China in April and that Xi would visit the U.S. later in the year.
Last month, President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, shaking hands for a brief photo op before closed-door talks focused on tariffs, fentanyl measures and access to rare earths.
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“We’re going to have a very successful meeting,” Trump told reporters, while noting of Xi, “But he’s a very tough negotiator.”
Asked whether the two would announce a trade deal, Trump said, “Could be.” Officials on both sides signalled hopes for a pause in escalating measures, with potential gestures including a delay to tariff hikes and eased export curbs on strategic minerals.
Whereas, Chinese President Xi Jinping said “it feels very warm” seeing President Donald Trump again.
“We have spoken on the phone three times, exchanged several letters and stayed in close contact,” he said.
“Given our different national conditions, we do not always see eye to eye with each other, and it is normal for the two leading economies of the world to have friction now and then.”
He said negotiating teams had “reached basic consensus” and “made encouraging progress,” adding he is “ready to continue working with you to build a solid foundation for China US relations.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s development “goes hand in hand with” President Donald Trump’s vision to “make America Great Again,” adding the two nations “must be partners and friends.”
“This is what history has taught us and what reality demands,” he said, hailing “basic consensus” and “encouraging progress” in trade talks and telling Trump, “Mr President, I’m ready to work with you to build a solid foundation for US-China relations.”
Xi praised Trump’s enthusiasm for “settling various regional hotspot issues,” citing his “great contribution to the recent conclusion of the Gaza ceasefire agreement” and to a Cambodia–Thailand peace deal.
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