据香港南华早报报导，习近平对美国进行国是访问前数周，美国川普政府的筹备工作呈现混乱局面，缺乏协调机制，引发中国方面的不安。[1]美方迄今未指定负责官员统筹此次访问，美国国务院基本未参与其中，与5月川普访中时的情况相似。[1]
访问预计于9月24日进行，习近平此行将是2015年以来首次对美国进行国是访问。[1]白宫核心圈子内部对访问基调存在分歧，白宫副幕僚长米勒和白宫通讯主任张振熙敦促川普展现优越感。[1]在已公开的议程中，唯一具体讨论内容涉及针对中国商品减徵约300亿美元的关税。[1]
此前，5月北京峰会上习近平和川普曾同意建立"建设性战略稳定关系"。[1]中国外交部副部长马朝旭日前访美，情况曾短暂缓和但未能持续。[1]
President Xi Jinping is set to make his first state visit to the United States since 2015, with his arrival at the White House scheduled for September 24 [1]. According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, the Trump administration's preparations for the visit have been characterized by chaos and lack of coordination, raising concerns among Chinese officials [1].
The White House has yet to designate a lead official responsible for organizing the visit, and the U.S. State Department has remained largely uninvolved in the planning process [1]. This mirrors the situation surrounding Trump's May trip to Beijing, where internal divisions within the White House inner circle regarding the tone of the visit similarly affected coordination [1]. The only concrete agenda item discussed so far involves tariff reductions on approximately $300 billion worth of Chinese goods [1]. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Miller and White House Communications Director Zhang Zhenxi have reportedly urged Trump to project a sense of superiority during the meeting [1].
Relations between the two countries showed brief signs of improvement following a May summit in Beijing, where Xi and Trump agreed to establish a "constructive strategic stability relationship" [1]. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Chaoxu visited the United States recently in an effort to ease tensions, though the improvement proved short-lived [1].