U.S. President Donald Trump shakes fingers with Chinese language President Xi Jinping as they maintain a bilateral assembly at Gimhae Worldwide Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025.
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President Donald Trump spoke on the cellphone with Chinese language President Xi Jinping on Monday morning, a White Home official confirmed to CNBC.
Specifics concerning the name, together with why it was scheduled or who requested it, weren’t instantly clear. The White Home didn’t present particulars about what was mentioned, however Trump on Monday later confirmed the decision in a put up on Fact Social.
“We mentioned many subjects together with Ukraine/Russia, Fentanyl, Soybeans and different Farm Merchandise, and so on. We’ve got executed a superb, and crucial, deal for our Nice Farmers — and it’ll solely get higher,” Trump wrote. “Our relationship with China is extraordinarily robust!”
He additionally famous that the 2 leaders had agreed to reciprocal in-person conferences. The primary shall be a gathering in Beijing in April. A state go to within the U.S. shall be scheduled later within the 12 months, Trump wrote.
“We agreed that it is crucial that we talk usually, which I sit up for doing,” Trump wrote.
Earlier, China’s Overseas Affairs Ministry in a press release stated, “The 2 sides are implementing all parts of what we agreed to” when the 2 leaders met in Busan, South Korea, late final month.
That consensus concerned america agreeing to decrease tariffs on Chinese language items, and China agreeing to pause new export controls on uncommon earth minerals, amongst different stipulations that lowered the temperature of their ongoing commerce warfare.
“The China-U.S. relationship has usually maintained a gradual and optimistic trajectory” for the reason that Busan assembly, Beijing stated within the assertion on Monday, which was translated by NBC Information.
Trump and Xi additionally mentioned Ukraine, which is presently in talks with the U.S. over a peace plan that the Trump administration needs Kyiv to comply with by Thanksgiving.
Xi “emphasised China’s help for all efforts which can be conducive to peace,” based on Beijing’s readout of the decision.
The Chinese language chief additionally reiterated his nation’s view that Taiwan ought to “return to China.”
Trump stated that the U.S. “understands how necessary the Taiwan query is to China,” the overseas ministry’s assertion stated.
Trump additionally stated that Xi “is a good chief” on the decision, based on the ministry.
