(FOX NEWS) — President Donald Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed not to send military equipment to Iran during their recent bilateral meeting in Beijing.
“We discussed it. I mean when you say support, they’re not fighting a war with us or anything. He said he’s not gonna give military equipment. That’s a big statement,” Trump told Hannity during a Thursday interview.
“But at the same time, he said they buy a lot of their oil there, and they’d like to keep doing that,” Trump added.
China bought roughly 1.4 million barrels of oil daily from Iran in 2025 and the first quarter of 2026. While that total represented between 12 and 15% of China’s total crude oil import, it amounted to more than 90% of Iran’s total oil export, according to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
The White House revealed Thursday that Trump and Xi discussed China buying oil from the U.S. during their bilateral meeting. China stopped buying U.S. oil in May 2025 after imposing a 20% tariff on U.S. crude oil amidst a trade war, the Global Banking & Finance Review reported Thursday.
