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Leader Donald Trump has stated that he will travel to Beijing in April and invited Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit in the coming year, subsequent to a discussion between the two officials.

Trump and Xi—who met about a month back in South Korea—talked about a range of issues including trade, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fentanyl, and Taiwan, as stated by the former president and Beijing's diplomatic corps.

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

Beijing's press outlet issued a comment that said both countries should "keep up the momentum, progress in the positive way on the foundation of fairness, esteem and shared interests".

Earlier Talks and Commerce Progress

The leaders met in Busan, South Korea in last October, after which they settled on a pause on import duties. The U.S. government chose to reduce a import tax by half targeting the flow of the drug fentanyl.

Trade taxes stay on Chinese goods and average nearly 50 percent.

"Since then, the bilateral relations has mostly kept a steady and positive trajectory, and this is welcomed by the two countries and the wider global audience," the Beijing's announcement added.

• America then withdrew a potential imposition of 100% additional tariffs on China's exports, while the Chinese government postponed its plan to enforce its recent phase of restrictions on rare earths.

Commerce Discussions

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt commented that the phone discussion with Xi—which took around 60 minutes—was focused on commerce.

"We are satisfied with what we've seen from the Beijing, and they agree," she said.

Broader Topics

Along with addressing commerce, Xi and Trump discussed the subjects of the conflict in Ukraine and the island.

Xi stated to Trump that the island's "integration into China" is essential for the Chinese outlook for the "global system after conflicts".

The Chinese government has been engaged in a political dispute with Japan, a U.S. friend, over the enduring "uncertain policy" on the authority of the independently administered island.

Recently, Japan's leader Sanae Takaichi commented that any Chinese attack on Taiwan could force a reaction by Tokyo's army.

Trump, though, did not mention Taiwan in his Truth Social post about the conversation.

US Ambassador to Japan, George Glass, noted before that the U.S. government stands with Japan in the aftermath of China's "coercion".