Donald Trump said he would visit China after talking to its leader Xi Jinping over the phone.
The US president said that he exchanged with an invitation to the White House during “a very good conversation” – although this trip was not confirmed by either side.
Thursday’s call is the first time that the two leaders have spoken since Trump launched a trade war with Beijing in February. Chinese government media reported that the call occurred at the request of the White House.
Trump wrote on social media that the conversation of the hour and a half was mainly focused on trade and “resulted in a very positive conclusion for both countries.”
“He invited me to China and invited him here,” Trump said of the invitation with the eleventh during an interview with German counselor Fredchich Mirz at the Oval Office.
“We have accepted both, so I will go there with the first lady at a certain stage and will come here with the first lady in China.”
The Chinese reading of the conversation mentioned its invitation, but not the mutual of the White House.
According to Chinese government news agency, Shinchoa, Xi Trump told the United States to “withdraw the negative measures it has taken against China.”
It was also said that the Chinese leader told Trump that China has always maintained its promises and that there had been a consensus, both sides must adhere to – referring to a recent deal between the two countries that were struck in Geneva.
The other two sides were accused of violating the deal that aims to reduce commercial tariffs significantly – a Trump deal that Trump described as a “complete reset”.
This came after Trump raised the customs tariff on imports from a number of countries, but maintains the highest rates of China. Beijing responded at its highest rates of American imports, which raises an increase in the peak of 145 %.
The initial truce in May led to the US tariff for Chinese products up to 30 %, while Beijing reduced the fees on American imports to 10 % and promised to raise barriers on critical metal exports.
The agreement gave both sides a 90 -day deadline to try to reach a commercial deal.
But since then, the conversations seemed to have stopped amid demands on both sides that the deal had ended.
The United States has accused China of failing to recharge critical metals and rare land magnets for auto and computer industries.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce denied these claims and accused the United States of undermining the deal by submitting new restrictions on computer chips.
Trump has presented new export restrictions on semiconductor design programs and announced that she would play Chinese student visas.
The US President said after the call that “there are no longer any questions about the complexity of rare ground products.”
He told reporters at the White House: “Chinese students can attend, no problem, no problem – it is an honor for me to be frankly. But we want to verify them,” he told reporters at the White House.
Chinese government media reported that Xi warned Washington that it should deal with Taiwan “cautiously” to avoid conflict, just days after US Defense Minister Beit Higseth that China poses an “imminent” threat to the autonomous island.
Higseth told Singaport that Beijing was “preparing for the use of potential military force to change the balance of power.”
China sees Taiwan as a separatist boycott that will eventually assembled, and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve this. The United States supports Taiwan militarily It does not officially realize it because of the “one China” policy.
According to reading an invitation on Thursday to the Chinese media, Xi confirmed that the United States should deal with “the Taiwan issue wisely to prevent a few separatists in Taiwan’s independence from dragging China and the United States to a dangerous situation of conflict and confrontation.”
The invitation between Trump and Xi has been waiting for a long time and comes after months of silence between the two leaders.
The White House has described the possibility of talking about the first week of Trump’s presidency – earlier this week, he finally accused him of frustrating it on social media.
Trump wrote: “I love the eleventh president from China, always and always, he will always, but it is very difficult, and it is very difficult to hold him!”
Trump has made it clear that he loves to participate in negotiations. But this is not the way China works.
Beijing prefers to appoint a negotiating team led by a reliable official. Any calls or meeting between heads of state are usually planned in a very comprehensive and designed manner.
Also, the Chinese will not want to look at Washington’s demands.
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2025-06-05 17:32:00