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The then US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019.
Newly elected US President Donald Trump has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping on phone before his swearing-in. Trump told on social media that he had talked to Jinping on many important issues. This included issues like trade, fentanyl (drug) and TikTok.
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This conversation was very good for China and America. I hope that together we will solve many problems and it will start soon. President Xi and I will do our best to make the world more peaceful and secure.
This conversation took place just 3 days before Trump’s inauguration. Trump will take the oath of office on January 20. It is noteworthy that TikTok is going to be banned in America a day before Trump’s oath taking ceremony. The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of banning TikTok due to security reasons.
US President Joe Biden had given ByteDance time till January 19, 2025. He had said that ByteDance has till January 19 to sell its American assets to another company. If the company does not do this then it will be banned across the country.
Donald Trump at the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2017.
Zipping will not attend Trump’s inauguration Trump had sent an invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend the swearing-in. Although Jinping will not participate in it. Vice President Han Zheng will attend the ceremony as Xi’s special representative. This will be the first time that a senior Chinese official will attend the swearing-in of a US President.
Earlier, on January 6, Trump had said that he and Xi are in touch and have good hopes for the relations between the two countries.
Tension may increase between China and America regarding Taiwan issue
According to CNN’s report, in Trump’s second term, there may be tension in US-China relations over issues like trade, technology and Taiwan. Trump had threatened to impose 60 percent duty on all goods imported from China. Trump had also warned during his campaign that if China failed to control fentanyl, he would impose 10 percent more duty.
Xi Jinping also had a statement on this. He had said that no one will win in the battle of tariffs and technology between America and China. Jinping had said that China will strongly protect its interests in this matter.
Xi had said that the economies of all countries have to face problems. He said that all countries should work together to build an open world economy, promote innovation, take advantage of important opportunities such as digital economy, artificial intelligence and low-carbon technologies as new sources of economic growth. Must search.
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