BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Chinese language chief Xi Jinping had been talking on the cellphone late Friday, China’s Overseas Ministry mentioned in an announcement.
The dialog comes forward of Trump’s inauguration on Monday. The U.S.-China relationship is predicted to be one of many important focuses of Trump’s second time period, with tensions between the 2 superpowers looming within the areas of commerce, expertise and the self-ruled island of Taiwan, amongst different issues.
The president-elect confirmed on Fact Social that he had spoken with Xi and mentioned “the call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A.”
Trump mentioned they talked about commerce, fentanyl and TikTok, amongst different issues.
“President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!” he mentioned.
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Trump has threatened to slap tariffs of 60% on all Chinese language imports into the U.S. However he has additionally previously praised his relationship with Xi and has urged China may assist mediate worldwide crises such because the struggle in Ukraine.
Xi is not going to attend Trump’s inauguration. China might be represented on the occasion by Vice President Han Zheng.
Trump mentioned in a December interview on “Meet the Press” that he had been speaking with Xi since he gained the election. Trump within the interview mentioned he has “a very good relationship” with China’s chief. He mentioned they did had not mentioned Taiwan however mentioned different points.
