{"id":1403902,"date":"2026-02-04T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/?p=1403902&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=1403902"},"modified":"2026-02-04T19:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T00:59:43","slug":"us-china-discussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/04\/us-china-discussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and Xi discuss Iran in wide-ranging call as US presses China and others to break from Tehran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By AAMER MADHANI and DIDI TANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0said Wednesday that he and Chinese\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/xi-jinping\">President Xi Jinping<\/a>\u00a0discussed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-trump-protests-negotiations-nuclear-deal-9758adb33c0d01c70a07ad7de0f5221b\">the situation in Iran<\/a> in a wide-ranging call as the U.S. administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-section\">Related Articles<\/h2><ul><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/08\/housing-costs-are-crippling-many-americans-heres-how-the-two-parties-propose-to-fix-that\/\" title=\"Housing costs are crippling many Americans. Here\u2019s how the two parties propose to fix that\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tHousing costs are crippling many Americans. Here\u2019s how the two parties propose to fix that\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/07\/vaccine-court-overhaul\/\" title=\"Her son\u2019s injury never got its day in vaccine court. Their lawyer is now advising RFK Jr. on its overhaul\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tHer son\u2019s injury never got its day in vaccine court. Their lawyer is now advising RFK Jr. on its overhaul\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/border-family-separation\/\" title=\"Judge orders Trump administration to bring back 3 families deported to Honduras, other countries\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tJudge orders Trump administration to bring back 3 families deported to Honduras, other countries\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/epstein-house-unredacted-files\/\" title=\"Justice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted versions of released Epstein files\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tJustice Department will allow lawmakers to see unredacted versions of released Epstein files\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsherald.com\/2026\/02\/06\/us-social-service-funds\/\" title=\"Feds can\u2019t withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tFeds can\u2019t withhold social service funds from 5 Democratic states amid fraud claims, judge rules\t\t<\/span>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n<p>Trump said the two leaders also discussed a broad range of other critical issues in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-xi-china-trade-war-4c19a752c97828246c08f60f0dc54c79\">the U.S.-China relationship<\/a>, including trade and Taiwan and his plans to visit Beijing in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relationship with China, and my personal relationship with President Xi, is an extremely good one, and we both realize how important it is to keep it that way,\u201d Trump said in a social media posting about the call.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government, in a readout of the call, said the two leaders discussed major summits that both nations will host in the coming year that could present opportunities for them to meet. The Chinese statement, however, made no mention of Trump\u2019s expected April visit to Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and Xi discussed Iran as tensions remain high between Washington and Tehran over Iran&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-sanctions-iran-protests-eu-interior-minister-aa9a639c8d928b3d969e0d60bcadd3c4\">bloody crackdown on nationwide protests last month<\/a>. The U.S. president says he&#8217;s weighing taking military action against the Middle Eastern country.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is also pressing Iran to make concessions over its nuclear program, which his Republican administration says was already set back by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-iran-war-nuclear-talks-geneva-news-06-21-2025-a7b0cdaba28b5817467ccf712d214579\">the U.S. bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites<\/a>\u00a0during the 12-day war Israel launched against Iran in June.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. and Iranians officials said Wednesday they have agreed to hold high-level talks on Friday i\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-protests-crackdown-2556ffcb5731de2753ffa044a6e2175b\">n Oman.<\/a>\u00a0The talks had initially been slated for Turkey but were shifted to the Gulf country at Iran&#8217;s insistence. A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the administration remains \u201cvery skeptical\u201d that the talks will be successful but agreed to go along with the change in plans out of respect for allies in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Trump announced last month that the U.S. would impose a 25% tax on imports to the United States from countries that do business with Iran. China is Iran&#8217;s biggest trading partner.<\/p>\n<p>Years of sanctions aimed at stopping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-israel-us-war-snapback-sanctions-2daf3ef9e1937c7b65066e122b334d96\">Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>\u00a0have left the country isolated. But Tehran still did nearly $125 billion in international trade in 2024, including $32 billion with China, $28 billion with the United Arab Emirates and $17 billion with Turkey, the World Trade Organization says.<\/p>\n<p>China also made clear that it has no intention of stepping away from its long-term plans of reunification with Taiwan, a self-governing, democratic island operating independently from mainland China, though Beijing claims it as its own territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration in December announced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-taiwan-arms-sales-china-2743b66e3a4e47a895e731568cef9008\">a massive package of arms sales<\/a>\u00a0to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones. The move continues to draw an angry response from Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaiwan will never be allowed to separate from China,\u201d the Chinese government statement said. \u201cThe U.S. must handle the issue of arms sales to Taiwan with prudence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neither Trump nor the Chinese government in its statement raised whether the U.S. leader&#8217;s repeated calls for a U.S. takeover of Greenland, the Arctic territory controlled by Denmark, came up during the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made his case for the U.S. taking over the strategic island as necessary to rebuff Chinese and Russian encroachment, even as experts have repeatedly rebuffed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/trump-us-will-do-something-on-greenland-whether-they-like-it-or-not-48244209e93546ceb5a0153446b30268\">Trump\u2019s claims<\/a>\u00a0of Chinese and Russian military forces lurking off Greenland\u2019s coastline. Denmark and Greenland as well as several European government leaders have pushed back against Trump&#8217;s takeover calls.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Xi also spoke on Wednesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Xi\u2019s engagement with Trump and Putin comes as the last remaining\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-moscow-dmitry-medvedev-vienna-russia-233ecf6c9379085e3b6a70bc548a7e18\">nuclear arms pact<\/a>, known as the New START treaty, between Russia and the United States is set to expire Thursday, removing any caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has indicated he would like to keep limits on nuclear weapons but wants to involve China in a potential new treaty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually feel strongly that if we\u2019re going to do it, I think China should be a member of the extension,\u201d Trump told The New York Times last month. \u201cChina should be a part of the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The call with Xi also coincided with a ministerial meeting that the Trump administration convened in Washington with several dozen European, Asian and African nations to discuss how to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-china-rare-earths-critical-minerals-tariffs-aa82fd4c065c9b62300ff7834b660cfb\">rebuild global supply chains of critical minerals<\/a>\u00a0without Beijing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rare-earths-trump-tariffs-china-trade-war-effd6a7ec64b5830df9d3c76ab9b607a\">Critical minerals<\/a>\u00a0are needed for everything from jet engines to smartphones.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trade-minerals-rare-china-trump-5f7c9b9360cfb3cce702649e0c568a0e\">China dominates the market<\/a>\u00a0for those ingredients crucial to high-tech products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is before all of us is an opportunity at self-reliance that we never have to rely on anybody else except for each other, for the critical minerals necessary to sustain our industries and to sustain growth,&#8221; Vice President JD Vance said at the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>Xi has recently held a series of meetings with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-prime-minister-starmer-xi-beijing-trade-062717a30f70bcfd64db08436e9aff90\">Western leaders<\/a>\u00a0who have sought to boost ties with China amid growing concerns about Trump&#8217;s tariff policies and calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland, a Danish territory.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption to global trade under Trump has made expanding trade and investment more imperative for many U.S. economic partners. 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