President Donald Trump said he expects to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping again in November in China, White House comments reported after Xi’s state visit to Washington this week and marking another stop in the wider trump china diplomatic agenda.
The announcement came as Xi wrapped a three-day state visit to the United States from Sept. 23-25, where the two leaders held talks on trade, artificial intelligence and bilateral ties, Reuters reported.
Trump told reporters he would travel to China in November, according to Reuters’ coverage quoting the president directly that he “would meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping again in November in China.” That confirmation followed the high-profile Washington meetings where both sides described the visit as productive but stopped short of major new agreements.
Reuters’ reporting also said U.S. officials described a tentative schedule that could include further contact at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in November, which Chinese and U.S. officials have discussed as a likely setting for a reciprocal visit.
Analysts said forward meetings would be important for implementing any trade understandings and for managing tensions over technology and Taiwan, a theme that recurred across coverage of the Washington summit and was highlighted in pieces reviewing the talks’ takeaways.
Xi’s three-day schedule in Washington included official ceremonies and bilaterals with Trump and senior cabinet officials, framing the visit as a diplomatic reset while leaving many issues for follow-up discussions, Reuters and the South China Morning Post reported.
White House images and local coverage from outlets in the pool captured the ceremonial aspects of the visit and the state dinner; the first lady’s hosting and the event’s pageantry were covered in human-interest reporting on the visit.
For business and finance readers tracking trump china ties, the likely November meeting is significant because it would come ahead of year-end summits where trade and technology measures could be negotiated, analysts told Reuters in coverage summarising the summit’s takeaways.
Sources
- Reuters — reported Trump saying he would meet Xi in China in November and provided a timeline of Xi’s Sept. 23-25 state visit and summit topics.
- South China Morning Post — reported Xi’s wrap-up of the U.S. visit and noted plans for more meetings later in the year.
- Fox News — local site item in the internal links pool covered ceremonies and the summit’s close in Washington, D.C.
