United States President Donald Trump said this Friday (15) that the relationship between the US and China is “very strong” during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Trump also said he had discussed Iran with Xi and that they both want the Taiwan Strait to be opened.
The two leaders met at , in Beijing, as Trump concluded his state visit to China.
“We’ve known each other for 11 years, almost 12 years, it’s a long time. And we’ve solved a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve, and the relationship is very strong,” said the American.
This Friday morning, Trump and Xi Jinping held the second bilateral meeting of the American president’s state visit to China.
Before the talks began, Trump was received by the Chinese president and they both took the official photo of the state visit together.
In addition to Iran, the leaders also discussed trade issues, with both saying progress has been made toward trade agreements, although none have been announced to date.
Trump told Fox News that Xi agreed to order 200 Boeing jets. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Bloomberg that the US expects China to agree to buy “tens of billions of dollars” worth of agricultural products annually over the next three years.
Yesterday, Trump and Xi had the first bilateral meeting of the visit, where they both gave opening speeches praising the relationship between China and the USA.
Xi began by describing the turbulent global situation, saying the world had “reached a new crossroads.” He then stated that the US and China “should be partners rather than adversaries, achieve success for each other, prosper together” and work together on global challenges.
Trump praised the “fantastic relationship” between the two, called Xi “a great leader” and said: “It’s an honor to be your friend, and the relationship between China and the US will be better than ever.”
After the statements, the meeting continued behind closed doors.
Still, Xi told Trump that trade talks between the countries were progressing, but warned that disagreement over Taiwan could take relations down a dangerous path and even conflict.
Xi’s statements about Taiwan, the democratically governed island claimed by Beijing, came on Thursday in a closed-door meeting between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, which lasted more than two hours, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
