Beijing has confirmed that US President Donald Trump will travel to China this week to meet Xi Jinping, BBC reports.
The visit, from 13-15 May, will be the first to China by a US president in nearly a decade - and comes at a pivotal moment for ties between the world's two largest economies.
Executives from some of America's biggest companies - including Boeing, Citigroup and Qualcomm - are expected to travel with Trump, potentially to make deals with Chinese firms. It will also mark a key test in the fragile trade truce between Washington and Beijing.
In April 2025, Trump unveiled sweeping import taxes on countries across the world, friend or foe.
A major effect of that policy was a tit-for-tat trade war between the US and China that saw them hit each other with tariffs that topped 100%. The tariffs were paused after Trump and Xi's last face-to-face meeting in South Korea in October. But threats from both sides have continued.
