US president says he’ll go to China solely on the invitation of Chinese language chief.
United States President Donald Trump has denied searching for a summit with Chinese language President Xi Jinping whereas holding out the opportunity of visiting China at his counterpart’s invitation.
“The Faux Information is reporting that I’m SEEKING a ‘Summit’ with President Xi of China. This isn’t appropriate, I’m not SEEKING something!” Trump stated in a submit on his Fact Social platform on Monday.
“I could go to China, however it will solely be on the invitation of President Xi, which has been prolonged. In any other case, no curiosity! Thanks in your consideration to this matter.”
Trump’s feedback come after the Reuters information company reported final week that aides to the 2 leaders have mentioned a potential summit throughout a visit to Asia by the US president later this yr.
The report, which cited unnamed folks aware of the plans, stated Trump and Xi might probably meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit going down in South Korea from October 30 to November 1.
Trump and Xi final met face-to-face in 2019 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.
The US and China are presently engaged in negotiations geared toward reducing commerce tensions which have spiked since Trump rolled out his on-again, off-again tariffs on Chinese language exports.
On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese language Vice Premier He Lifeng met in Stockholm, Sweden, to kick off two days of talks targeted on reaching a commerce deal earlier than the tip of a 90-day tariff truce that ends on August 12.
Bessent stated in an interview with Bloomberg Tv final week that the administration was in “an excellent place with China now” and the August deadline could possibly be prolonged in a “90-day increment”.