Chinese leader Xi Jinping will soon visit Washington amid escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies, US President Donald Trump says. Trump announces Xi Jinping's visit to Washington amid trade war Xi Jinping is coming in the “not too distant future,

During a visit to the southwestern province of Guizhou – one of China’s poorest and most indebted areas – President Xi Jinping called for the region to undertake an accelerated economic transition, improve its business climate and better integrate with the country’s other local economies.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, would visit Washington in the "not too distant future" following recent reports that the leaders were considering a summit as early as April amid their countries' tit-for-tat tariffs dispute.