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Leader Donald Trump has stated that he plans to visit the Chinese capital in the month of April and extended an invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping for a official visit later next year, following a discussion between the two officials.

Trump and Xi—who held talks about a month back in the Republic of Korea—talked about a series of matters including trade, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the opioid crisis, and the Taiwan issue, according to the president and China's foreign ministry.

"Bilateral relations is extremely strong!" Trump posted in a Truth Social post.

China's state news agency issued a announcement that said both nations should "continue advancing, progress in the right direction on the principle of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit".

Prior Engagement and Commerce Progress

The leaders convened in the South Korean city of Busan in October, subsequently they settled on a pause on tariffs. The United States chose to slash a import tax by 50% intended to decrease the supply of the drug fentanyl.

Tariffs stay on Chinese goods and are around close to half.

"From that point, the China-US relationship has mostly kept a steady and positive trajectory, and this is welcomed by the two countries and the international community at large," the Chinese statement added.

• America then pulled back a warning of double tariffs on China's exports, while Beijing delayed its intention to enforce its new set of limits on mineral exports.

Commerce Discussions

The administration's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated that the Monday call with Xi—which lasted about an hour—was mainly about commerce.

"The U.S. is happy with what we've seen from the China, and they agree," she remarked.

Broader Topics

Along with addressing commerce, Xi and Trump discussed the issues of the conflict in Ukraine and the Taiwan situation.

Xi told Trump that the island's "integration into China" is essential for China's vision for the "world order following wars".

Beijing has been engaged in a foreign policy clash with Japan, a American partner, over the enduring "strategic ambiguity" on the control of the independently administered island.

In the past few weeks, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that an eventual military action by China on Taiwan could force a Japanese military response.

Trump, though, did not refer to Taiwan in his Truth Social post about the discussion.

The U.S. representative in Japan, George Glass, noted before that the U.S. government supports Tokyo in the wake of Beijing's "coercion".