Trump Reveals He Will Visit China in April After Phone Conversation with President Xi

President Donald Trump has confirmed that he agreed to go to the Chinese capital in spring and asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for a official visit next year, subsequent to a telephone conversation between the two heads of state.

Trump and Xi—who convened recently in Korea—talked about a variety of topics including economic relations, the situation in Ukraine, the opioid crisis, and Taiwan, per the U.S. leader and Beijing's diplomatic corps.

"Bilateral relations is very robust!" Trump posted in a online message.

Official Chinese media released a announcement that said both countries should "maintain progress, progress in the correct path on the basis of equality, esteem and mutual benefit".

Previous Meeting and Commerce Progress

The officials met in Busan in the fall, after which they reached a ceasefire on trade taxes. The U.S. government chose to cut a import tax by half intended to decrease the flow of fentanyl.

Trade taxes remain on imports and stand at nearly 50 percent.

"Since then, the bilateral relations has mostly kept a steady and positive trajectory, and this is appreciated by the each side and the broader international community," the Beijing's announcement added.

• The US then pulled back a threat of double tariffs on Chinese goods, while the Chinese government postponed its scheme to introduce its recent phase of limits on mineral exports.

Commerce Discussions

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the recent conversation with Xi—which lasted about an hour—was centered on trade.

"We are satisfied with what we've witnessed from the Chinese, and they feel the same way," she remarked.

Broader Topics

Besides talking about trade, Xi and Trump discussed the issues of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Taiwan.

Xi told Trump that Taiwan's "return to China" is critical for Beijing's perspective for the "post-war international order".

Beijing has been part of a foreign policy clash with Tokyo, a American partner, over the longstanding "strategic ambiguity" on the control of the independently administered island.

Recently, Japan's leader Sanae Takaichi commented that any military action by China on Taiwan could compel a Japanese military response.

Trump, however, did not discuss the island in his Truth Social post about the conversation.

America's envoy to Tokyo, George Glass, previously said that the United States backs Tokyo in the context of China's "pressure".