--- title: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping Give Different Call Readouts description: China's statement about the call between Xi Jinping and President Trump was significantly longer and more detailed than the White House's canonical: https://time.com/4737001/donald-trump-xi-jinping-phone-call-readout/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-12T19:24:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:45:29.917Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump and Xi Jinping Gave Very Different Reports of Their Phone Call og:description: The White House summary was just two sentences og:url: https://time.com/4737001/donald-trump-xi-jinping-phone-call-readout/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fbab15ac05fbefd/6988c27fa988ca0c696bbb28/trump-xi-phone-call.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: Xi Jinping and President Trump Meeting og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump and Xi Jinping Gave Very Different Reports of Their Phone Call twitter:description: The White House summary was just two sentences twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6fbab15ac05fbefd/6988c27fa988ca0c696bbb28/trump-xi-phone-call.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:59 video:published: 2017-04-08 section: politics topics: U.S.-China relations, Trump, Xi Jinping, diplomacy, bilateral relationship, presidential meetings, international trade, leader rapport genre: news report, statement tones: optimistic, diplomatic, cordial, brief emotions: optimism (medium), confidence (medium), goodwill (medium) sentiment: positive audience: news viewers, political followers, international affairs audiences, business observers people: Donald Trump, Xi Jinping transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # President Trump and China's Xi Jinping Gave Very Different Reports of Their Phone Call > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump says his meetings with China's President Xi Jinping went well but as for any progress on trade "only time will tell."_ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary President Donald Trump comments on the relationship between the United States and China following his meetings with China's President Xi Jinping. He says he believes tremendous progress has been made and describes the relationship between himself and President Xi as outstanding. He expresses a wish to spend time with President Xi again in the future. The title indicates he is noncommittal on whether trade will improve, saying only time will tell. ## Key points - Trump says he thinks tremendous progress has been made in the relationship with China. (00:14) - The relationship was developed by President Xi and Trump himself. (00:18) - Trump calls his relationship with President Xi outstanding. (00:22) - Trump says he looks forward to being together with President Xi many times in the future. (00:26) - Trump frames the progress as being in the U.S. relationship with China overall. (00:18) - Trump's remarks center on the personal rapport between the two leaders rather than on specific policies. (00:22) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:14] Musical opening. The video opens with music before Trump begins speaking. - [00:14 to 00:59] Trump on relationship with Xi. Trump describes tremendous progress with China, calls his relationship with President Xi outstanding, and says he looks forward to future meetings. ## Key quotes - [00:14] Donald Trump: "I think we have made tremendous progress." - [00:18] Donald Trump: "In our relationship with China, the relationship developed by President Xi and myself I think is outstanding." - [00:26] Donald Trump: "We look forward to being together many time sin the future." ## Questions this video answers - How does Trump describe progress in the relationship with China? [00:14] - How does Trump characterize his relationship with President Xi? [00:22] - Who developed the relationship between the U.S. and China according to Trump? [00:18] - Does Trump expect to meet President Xi again? [00:26]  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 12, 2017 7:24 PM UTC President Donald Trump says his meetings with China's President Xi Jinping went well but as for any progress on trade "only time will tell."  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Apr 12, 2017 7:24 PM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4736823/donald-trump-james-comey-fbi-russia-investigation/) spoke by phone with [Chinese President Xi Jinping](http://time.com/4722468/china-xi-jinping-donald-trump-florida-mar-a-lago-north-korea/) April 11 — and their official statements about the conversation couldn’t have been more different. [The White House ](http://time.com/4731650/white-house-shakeup-steve-bannon-reince-priebus/)provided no information beyond the fact that a phone call had taken place. “President Donald J. Trump spoke last night President Xi Jinping of China to follow up after President Xi’s visit to Mar-a-Lago,” it said in a statement. “It was a very productive call.” A readout from the Chinese President, however, [obtained and translated by CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/white-house-readout-trump-xi-jinping/index.html?sr=twCNN041217white-house-readout-trump-xi-jinping0639PMStoryLink&linkId=36451520), not only detailed what the two discussed — topics included North Korea and Syria — but also mentioned steps to move the relationship forward. “We held in-depth exchanges on China-US relations in a new era as well as major international and regional issues, and reached important consensus,” said Xi. “Mr. President and I have deepened our mutual understanding and established a good working relationship. Next, both sides should utilize the four high-level dialogue mechanisms, namely diplomatic and security, comprehensive economic, law enforcement and cyber security, as well as social and people-to-people dialogues.” > [](https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/852218150980657158) Here’s the full text of President Xi’s readout, [as translated by CNN.](http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/white-house-readout-trump-xi-jinping/index.html?sr=twCNN041217white-house-readout-trump-xi-jinping0639PMStoryLink&linkId=36451520) --- > “” --- ## Transcript [00:08] [ MUSIC ] I [00:14] think we have made tremendous progress. In [00:18] our relationship with China, the relationship developed [00:22] by President Xi and myself I think is [00:26] outstanding. We look forward to being together many [00:29] time sin the future. 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