Rabia İclal Turan
19 September 2026•Update: 19 September 2026
US President Donald Trump said Friday that his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week will include “a lot of different deals,” adding that the two leaders will have a “very good meeting.”
“President Xi and I have a good relationship,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re going to have a lot of different deals here … We’re going to have a very good meeting.”
Trump said the US and China “get along very well” and pointed to tariffs imposed on Chinese goods.
“China’s paying us a lot of tariffs,” he said, mentioning the tariffs had reached 145% before he reduced them, saying the higher level was “really hurting them badly.”
Xi is scheduled to visit Washington next week for talks with Trump on Sept. 24.
Trump also said it was unfortunate that the White House ballroom was not yet open because he could have hosted about 2,000 people for dinner during Xi’s visit.
Asked about concerns over China’s treatment of journalists, Trump said: “I don’t know about that. I think we’re repressive also, we get fake news. We don’t repress, but they write fake news.”
Trump also said that the US and China carry out espionage against each other.
“Somebody said: ‘Oh, they spy on us.’ And I said: ‘Maybe they do, but we spy on them, too’,” he explained, adding that he would not disclose classified information.
