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Exclusive | Chinese President Xi Jinping could travel to US to sign trade deal as early as June, source says
- US President Donald Trump says White House visit will be ‘soon’ as hopes of ending the US-China trade war increase
- Reaching a deal would bring to an end a near year-long dispute between the world’s two largest economies
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China’s President Xi Jinping could meet his American counterpart Donald Trump in Washington as early as June if the two sides can finalise a deal to end the trade war, according to a source familiar with the arrangements.
The news comes after US President Trump said on Thursday that Xi would visit the White House “soon”.
The source told the South China Morning Post that Xi was open to the idea of travelling to the US immediately after the two sides reached a deal, so that he and Trump could sign the pact face to face.
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“June is an option but it could be later,” said the source, who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
We will soon be having President Xi from China coming. We have many, many of the leaders – ultimately, all of the great leaders come here.
The trip may be “either be a grand state visit or a relatively low-key working visit”, the person said.
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