US President-elect Donald Trump is planning to visit India and China after assuming his second term in the Oval Office.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Trump has expressed interest in travelling to China in his first 100 days in office as part of his effort to deepen relations with Beijing.
“President-elect Donald Trump has told advisors he wants to travel to China after he takes office, according to people familiar with the discussions, seeking to deepen a relationship with Xi Jinping strained by the president-elect’s threat to impose steeper tariffs on Chinese imports,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
The visit could happen as early as April or in the fall this year. It is also being considered as a possibility that Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be invited by Trump for a White House meeting this spring.
This comes a day after Trump had a telephone exchange with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Xi has deputed Vice-President Han Zheng to attend Trump’s swearing-in ceremony, the first time a senior Chinese official will be present at a US presidential inauguration. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar would represent India at the inaugural.
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