ADVERTISEMENT"That's going to be a wild one," Trump told foreign leaders on Thursday about the China trip. While the October meeting largely sidestepped the sensitive issue of Taiwan, in February Xi raised US arms sales to the island. The United States has formal diplomatic ties with China, but maintains unofficial ties with Taiwan and is the island's most important arms supplier. According to Trump, Xi also said during the February call that he would consider further increasing soybean purchases. Soybeans are key because struggling US farmers are a major domestic political constituency for Trump, and China is the top consumer.

Source: The Telegraph February 20, 2026 18:36 UTC