President Donald Trump said Monday that he will travel to Beijing in April and host Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit later in the year.

Trump announced the plans after a call with Xi on Monday , which came weeks after a meeting in South Korea at the end of October.

"Our relationship with China is extremely strong!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Now we can set our sights on the big picture. To that end, President Xi invited me to visit Beijing in April, which I accepted, and I reciprocated where he will be my guest for a State Visit in the U.S. later in the year."

The travel plans come after the Trump administration detailed a trade deal framework with China that renewed soybean purchases from China and loosened China’s export restrictions on rare earth minerals, tw

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