Trump likely to visit India, China after his swearing-in

US President-elect Donald Trump is likely to travel to India and China in the first few days of his Presidency. According to a report, a preliminary discussion on Donald Trump's visit to India has taken place during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s trip to Washington and it is likely to coincide with the QUAD Summit.

Donald Trump has also told his advisers that he wants to travel to China within 100 days of taking office to work on the relationship between the two countries. This decision to travel to China comes a few days after Donald Trump threatened tariffs on the country, that relatively soured ties.

Donald Trump's inauguration is scheduled for Monday, January 20, and Chinese state news agencies said on Friday that Chinese Vice President Han Zheng will attend as Beijing stands ready to strengthen cooperation.

An invitation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to meet with Donald Trump at the White House this spring is also being considered.

A day ago, Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed issues including TikTok, trade and Taiwan in a phone call, just days before Trump takes office again promising tariffs that could ratchet up tensions between the world's two biggest economies.

A Chinese state broadcaster said both Donald Trump and Xi Jinping were upbeat about the call. Donald Trump called it “a very good one” and Xi said he and Trump both hoped for a positive start to US-China relations.