WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has mentioned he’ll host Chinese language chief Xi Jinping on the White Home late this yr, because the world’s high two economies look to reset ties marred by a roiling commerce conflict.
Trump made the remark in an interview with NBC Information taped on Wednesday (Feb 4) – the identical day he and Xi had a wide-ranging conversation about commerce, Taiwan, Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, and the scenario in Iran.
Trump is anticipated to go to China in April, earlier than Xi would then go to the USA.
“He is coming to the White Home, yeah – towards the top of the yr,” Trump mentioned within the interview, components of which aired on Sunday.
“These are the 2 strongest nations on the earth and now we have an excellent relationship.”
Since Trump returned to the White Home a yr in the past, he has been a prolific purveyor of tariffs, unveiling sector-specific levies on metal, autos and different gadgets in addition to broader measures to attain quite a lot of coverage targets.
The White Home has jousted with Beijing on commerce however reached a broad truce with China after a serious escalation final spring.
Regardless of strikes from the USA meant to reduce its dependence on Chinese language manufacturing, the 2 nations stay deeply entwined economically.
Xi, who final visited the USA in 2023, on Wednesday warned Trump to proceed with “warning” on promoting arms to self-ruled Taiwan, which China claims as a part of its territory.
