President-elect Donald Trump
has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month -- extending a diplomatic olive branch even as Trump threatens to levy massive tariffs on Chinese goods.
Trump's incoming press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed on Thursday that Trump invited Xi, but said it was "to be determined" if the leader of the United States' most significant economic and military competitor would attend.Meanwhile, the President-elect rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognised for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the year.
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