Overview
- President Donald Trump will make a three‑day state visit to China from March 31 to April 2 for a bilateral summit with President Xi Jinping, the White House confirmed.
- The announcement coincided with a U.S. Supreme Court decision that the IEEPA does not authorize unilateral reciprocal tariffs, forcing a rethink of U.S. trade tools.
- Discussions are expected to cover bilateral trade and tariffs, technological competition, Asia‑Pacific security including Taiwan, and access to strategic minerals.
- This will be Trump’s first official China trip of his second term and the sixth in‑person meeting between the two leaders since 2017.
- Officials and reporting indicate the talks aim to preserve or extend the 2025 trade truce to steady markets, with Trump characterizing the upcoming visit as “something wild.”