United States President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping held a wide-ranging phone call on issues like Taiwan and trade, as relations appeared to gather new momentum since the pair’s meeting in South Korea last month.

Hours after the call on Monday, the US president hailed the two countries’ “extremely strong” relationship, announcing that he and Xi discussed the war in Ukraine, fentanyl trafficking and a deal for farmers during the “very good” morning call, which also included an exchange of invitations to each other’s countries.

“Now we can set our sights on the big picture … We agreed that it is important that we communicate often, which I look forward to doing,” said Trump, who said he had accepted an invitation to visit China in April, with President Xi making the journey to th

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