🔗 Share this article Trump Says He Will Visit China in Spring After Call with President Xi Former President Donald Trump has stated that he agreed to go to China's capital in the month of April and extended an invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit in the coming year, after a phone call between the two leaders. Trump and Xi—who met about a month back in Korea—covered a series of matters including economic relations, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, synthetic drugs, and the Taiwan issue, per the former president and China's foreign ministry. "Bilateral relations is extremely strong!" Trump stated in a Truth Social post. Beijing's press outlet published a statement that noted both nations should "continue advancing, keep moving forward in the positive way on the basis of fairness, esteem and common gain". Previous Meeting and Commerce Progress The leaders met in the South Korean city of Busan in October, following which they reached a ceasefire on import duties. The U.S. government chose to reduce a import tax by half intended to decrease the supply of the drug fentanyl. Duties stay on Chinese goods and stand at just below 50%. "From that point, the bilateral relations has mostly kept a stable and upward path, and this is greeted positively by the two countries and the international community at large," the official comment noted. America then pulled back a warning of full extra duties on products, while the Chinese government put off its intention to implement its new set of limits on mineral exports. Commerce Discussions Official representative Karoline Leavitt said that the phone discussion with Xi—which lasted about an hour—was mainly about trade. "We are satisfied with what we've observed from the China, and they feel the same way," she said. Broader Topics In addition to discussing commerce, Xi and Trump broached the subjects of the conflict in Ukraine and the island. Xi told Trump that the island's "integration into China" is vital for China's vision for the "world order following wars". China has been engaged in a political dispute with the Japanese government, a American partner, over the long-term "strategic ambiguity" on the sovereignty of self-governed Taiwan. In the past few weeks, Japan's leader Sanae Takaichi said that a potential military action by China on Taiwan could lead to a Japanese military response. Trump, but, did not refer to the Taiwan issue in his online message about the call. US Ambassador to Japan, George Glass, noted before that the United States stands with Japan in the aftermath of China's "pressure".