Trump said he will also host Xi in Washington.
President Donald Trump will meet with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on May 14–15 for the second bilateral meeting between the two nations in Trump’s second term.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the meeting dates during a press briefing on March 25.
Trump also confirmed the dates on Truth Social, adding that Xi will later make a trip to Washington.
“First Lady Melania and I will also host President Xi and Madame Peng for a reciprocal visit in Washington, DC, at a later date, this year,” he said. “Our Representatives are finalizing preparations for these Historic Visits.”
The president met with Xi last October in South Korea, and had been planning a China visit, his first this term, for April. Trump previously said the meeting would be pushed back in order for him to oversee developments in the war in Iran.
Trump has signaled that the war is winding down, and on March 24 said talks were underway, with the Iranian regime agreeing not to pursue nuclear weapons.
However, Iranian state media and officials have rebutted the idea that Iran is negotiating with the United States, and state media reported that Iran pushed back on a U.S.-backed five-point ceasefire plan.
US–China Relationship
Earlier this month, Trump told reporters that Beijing had agreed to reschedule the bilateral meeting and sought a good relationship with the United States.
“They were fine with it,” Trump said on March 17. “I look forward to seeing President Xi. He looks forward to seeing me, I think.
“China actually has become, economically for us, very good … very good. As you know, it’s much different than it was in the past, and we have a very good working relationship with China.”
The October meeting in Busan, South Korea, secured a trade truce that capped tariff levels and paused sweeping critical mineral restrictions on Beijing’s part.
This will be the first bilateral meeting since the Supreme Court invalidated Trump’s use of emergency powers to set tariffs, and, like other countries, China has expressed an intention to maintain tariff levels between the two countries.
The United States has launched several investigations into unfair trade practices that could allow similar tariffs to be imposed under a different legal framework.
