by WorldTribune Staff, June 5, 2025 Real World News
After concluding a phone call with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said the two agreed to meet in person.
Thursday’s call between the two leaders was the first known discussion between the two in President Donald Trump’s second term, though the two spoke in January before Trump’s inauguration.Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social:
“I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal. The call lasted approximately one and a half hours, and resulted in a very positive conclusion for both Countries. There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products. Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined.
“We will be represented by Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer. During the conversation, President Xi graciously invited the First Lady and me to visit China, and I reciprocated. As Presidents of two Great Nations, this is something that we both look forward to doing. The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or Iran. We will inform the Media as to scheduling and location of the soon to be meeting. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Trump had posted to social media early Wednesday to air his frustrations with how the conversations between the U.S. and China have been going: “I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!”
The current tariff level on Chinese imports brought into the U.S. is at least 30%. That’s down from the 145% punitive level Trump had imposed until a handshake agreement in Geneva last month led to a mutual stand-down that also saw China reduce its duties on U.S. imports down to 10% from 125%.
Chinese state media and the Chinese foreign ministry said Thursday’s call happened at the White House’s request.
A China spokesperson said Xi emphasized on the call that his nation has “earnestly implemented” the Geneva agreement and that the U.S. should “revoke its negative measures against China.”
Meanwhile, Geostrategy-Direct.com reported on June 3 that the Trump Administration has started the active process of revoking visas for possibly hundreds of thousands of Chinese students at U.S. colleges and universities over concerns that the communist regime in Beijing is using the students to advance its strategic objectives to include the theft of American technology.
Related: U.S. has begun ‘aggressively’ revoking visas of CCP-linked students, June 3, 2025
“Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. State Department will work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or studying in critical fields,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement.
Security analysts say Chinese government regulations require all Chinese nationals to support CCP policies and, in some cases, engage in intelligence-gathering or work on behalf of the Ministry of State Security, the civilian spy service.
After phone call, Trump and Xi agree to meet in person added by Editor Two on June 5, 2025
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