China: Trump's State Visit will be from May 13 to 15

BEIJING - China has announced that U.S. President Donald Trump will make a state visit from May 13 to 15, the Xinhua official news agency said.

An earlier Reuters report said the U.S. and China are expected to agree to forums to facilitate mutual trade and investment, while China is expected to announce purchases related to Boeing airplanes, American agriculture and energy, the officials said.

Plans for a Board of Trade and Board of Investment may be formally announced at the meeting, but those mechanisms may need subsequent work before they can be implemented, one of the officials said.

The two countries will also discuss lengthening a truce in their trade war that allows rare earth minerals to flow from China to the U.S., though it is not yet clear if that agreement will be extended this week, that official said.

He nonetheless expressed confidence that the deal, which was struck last autumn and remains in effect, will eventually be extended.

"It doesn't expire yet," the official told reporters. "I'm confident we'll announce any potential extension at the appropriate time."

China's embassy in Washington declined to comment.

- Liz Lee and Shanghai newsroom/Trevor Hunnicutt in Beijing, Nandita Bose in Washington and Ismail Shakil in Ottawa, Canada; Editing by Clarence Fernandez/Reuters