“I can go to China, but it would only be at the invitation of President XI, an invitation that has already been made. Otherwise, I have no interest!”
(Reuters)-US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is not looking for a summit with China President Xi Jinping, but added that he could visit China at Xi’s invitation.
“I can go to China, but it would be just at the invitation of President XI, an invitation that has already been made. Otherwise, I have no interest!” Said Trump on Truth Social.
Aides of Trump and Xi discussed a possible meeting between leaders during a US president’s trip to Asia later this year, sources previously told Reuters.
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The trip would be the first face to face between the two men since the beginning of Trump’s second term, at a time when commercial and security tensions between the two rival superpowers remain high.
Although plans for a meeting have not been finalized, discussions on both sides of the Pacific included a possible Trump scale at the Asia-Pacific Economic cooperation summit in South Korea or conversations on the event from October 30 to November, said people.
The third round of commercial negotiations between the US and China, which takes place in Stockholm this week, can establish the foundations for a leader’s summit in the fall of the northern hemisphere, analysts.
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A new outbreak of export rates and controls would probably affect any plans for a XI meeting.
