US President Donald Trump is all set to visit China for the first time in his second term in April 2026.
According to NBC News, after holding a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a wide range of issues on Monday, November 24, Trump announced that he has accepted China’s invitation.
In a post on Truth Social, the 79-year-old wrote, “Our relationship with China is extremely strong! Now we can set our sights on the big picture. To that end, President Xi invited me to visit Beijing in April, which I accepted, and I reciprocated where he will be my guest for a State Visit in the U.S. later in the year."
It is worth noting that Trump and Xi previously met in late October for a high-stakes meeting in South Korea after long trade tension between the two largest economies in the world.
While sharing the details of the about an hour call with his Chinese counterpart, Trump said that they discussed several issues, including tension between China and Taiwan, the Russia-Ukraine war, fentanyl and agricultural products like major US export soybeans.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the phone call a “very positive call” focused mainly on the trade deal the US is working out with China “and those relations and how they are moving in a positive direction.”
Furthermore, Chinese state media reported that the call was centred on Taiwan, an issue that Trump noted was missed from getting discussed during last month's meeting.
As per state media Xi told Trump that return to Taiwan to China was an “integral part of the post-war international order,” a claim strongly rejected by the democratically elected Taiwan government.
