US President-elect Donald Trump said he would welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at his inauguration on January 20 next year, but added that no formal agreement had been made. “If he would like to come, I would love to have him. But there is nothing much discussed,” Trump said. He added that the two leaders…
The exchange with Xi follows outreach by leaders of Washington’s top trading partners — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum — who both spoke with Trump last month following his public threats to impose tariffs in retaliation for illegal immigration and the trafficking of drugs like fentanyl. Last Updated : 09…
Chinese President Xi Jinping Tingshu Wang – Pool/Getty Images Few world leaders will be happier to see the back of 2024 than China’s Xi Jinping. To say this year hasn’t gone well for Asia’s biggest economy is an understatement of historic proportions. The economy is limping out of 2024, hobbled by a deepening property crisis,…