President Donald Trump said on Monday that as trade tensions surge between two economies in the world with tariffs on Trump, China’s XI Jiping Company will visit the United States soon, AFP Report.
“He will come in the not too far future,” Trump, who visited the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington while talking about Chinese leaders.
Trump provided no further details.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Washington and Beijing have begun discussing the summit in the United States in June. Both leaders celebrated their birthdays in June.
Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has released tariffs from major trading partners, including China, Canada and Mexico, with trade imbalances and its failure to stop the flow of deadly fentanyl.
China called for a “dialogue” with Washington last week.
Trump raised his previous 10% blanket tariff on Chinese products to 20% earlier this month.
Beijing responded up to 15% to the expropriation of various U.S. agricultural products, including soybeans, pork and chicken.
China is the world’s top steel producer and has also vowed to take “all necessary measures” in response to separate U.S. new tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Xi Jinping met with Republican Trump in California’s Democratic former Joe Biden in November 2023 to ease tensions between the two superpowers to facilitate a visit to the United States in November 2023.
