WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will journey to China from Mar 31 to Apr 2, a White Home official stated on Friday (Feb 20), setting dates for a extremely anticipated encounter amid tension between the world’s biggest economies.
Trump is anticipated to fulfill Chinese language President Xi Jinping as a part of the prolonged go to, as the 2 sides weigh whether or not to increase a commerce truce that paused a tariffs escalation, stated the official, who declined to be named whereas discussing particulars that haven’t been publicly introduced.
“That is going to be a wild one,” Trump informed overseas leaders on Thursday in regards to the China journey. “We have now to placed on the most important show you have ever had within the historical past of China.”
The go to can be the leaders’ first talks since February and their first in-person visit since an October meeting in South Korea, the place Trump agreed to trim tariffs on China in change for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl commerce, resuming US soybean purchases and holding uncommon earths exports flowing.
Whereas the October assembly largely sidestepped the delicate situation of Taiwan, in February Xi raised US arms gross sales to the island.
Washington introduced its largest-ever arms sales deal with Taiwan in December, together with US$11.1 billion in weapons that might ostensibly be used to defend in opposition to a Chinese language assault. Taiwan expects extra such gross sales.
