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Trump says Xi Jinping to visit U.S. later this year, calls relationship “excellent”

US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping

23 January 2026 15:34 (UTC +04:00)

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States toward the end of this year, describing their current relationship as "excellent," APA reports, citing Kyodo News.

While speaking to reporters on Air Force One en route from Switzerland to the United States, Trump reiterated that he plans to visit China in April.

Until now, Trump, who held in-person talks with Xi in late October in South Korea, had said that Xi would be his guest for a state visit to the United States later in 2026, following his planned trip in April.

However, Trump's comments on Thursday offered a more precise timeline, suggesting that Xi's U.S. visit will likely occur around mid-December, when Trump will host the Group of 20 summit at his golf resort in Miami, Florida.

Aboard the plane, Trump said he looks forward to seeing Xi and called the Chinese leader an "amazing guy."

Trump, who has been mostly soft on China in recent months, indicated that Washington's relationship with Beijing has improved dramatically because it has started buying again "a lot of soybeans."

"That makes our farmers happy and that makes me happy," he said.

At the end of his Asia tour in October, Trump met with Xi for the first time since the U.S. leader began his current term one year ago, with the two sides agreeing to a one-year truce in their trade war and a return to the previous status quo.