On Thursday, President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, bringing American interests on trade imbalances, Taiwan arms sales and the war in Iran, as both leaders highlighted the mutual benefit of stable U.S.-China relations.
The main topics on the agenda were trade imbalances and tariffs. According to the White House readout, the two leaders held productive talks on strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and China, with specific focus on opening more market access for American businesses, boosting Chinese investment in U.S. industries, and increasing China’s purchases of American farm products.
The discussions aimed to build on the 2025 trade truce that had paused higher reciprocal tariffs, with the goal of rebalancing trade in a “mutually beneficial and win-win” way. Xi called the previous day’s economic team results “generally balanced and positive.”
