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The presidents of the United States and China, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, had tea at the White House this Friday and emphasized that the Asian leader's state visit to Washington has served to place the relationship between the two powers on a more positive footing.
"We have made great progress, very positive for both countries," said Trump during the event held in the Red Room of the White House, where both leaders were accompanied by the first ladies, Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan.
Although Trump did not offer further details about a visit from which no major agreement has emerged, Xi went a little further by ensuring that during his three-day stay in the U.S. capital, both parties have agreed to endow the bilateral relationship "with new content, establishing that said ties will be constructive and of strategic stability, based on respect, fairness, and reciprocity."
During the trip, Xi highlighted the need for both countries to compete with the idea that their rivalry results in positives for both Beijing and Washington, something that contrasts with the winner-and-loser narrative that Trump has been using since he returned to the White House in January 2025.
The Republican said that American farmers "will be very happy" with the results of the visit, although nothing has been announced yet regarding an increase in quotas purchased by China.
Before the Chinese president's arrival in the United States, Washington announced that both sides had managed to extend the tariff truce they signed in the fall of 2025 until January, although major issues in the bilateral relationship, such as competition over artificial intelligence, the lifting of restrictions on Chinese rare earths, or on the most sophisticated American semiconductors, do not seem to have yielded concrete agreements.
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