# China offers help to open Strait of Hormuz, buy American oil, soybeans, jets

By Thomas Stevenson · Published 2026-05-14 · News & Analysis › World · https://humanevents.com/news/china-offers-help-to-open-strait-of-hormuz-buy-american-oil-soybeans-jets

> "He said, 'If I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help.'"

President Donald Trump revealed that Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he would like to help open the Strait of Hormuz and is loking to buy [more oil](https://humanevents.com/2026/05/14/white-house-says-trump-xi-agree-iran-cannot-control-strait-of-hormuz-as-china-warns-against-creating-thucydides-trap), soybeans, liquified natural gas, and Boeing jets from the US. Trump made the remarks after high level meetings with the [CCP](http://humanevents.com/2026/05/12/human-events-daily-china-is-weaker-than-elites-want-americans-to-believe) leader on Wednesday.

"Xi would like to see a deal made and he did offer– he said, 'If I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help,'" Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Trump added, "Anybody that buys that much oil has obviously got some kind of a relationship with them. But he said, I would love to be a help. If I could be of any help whatsoever. He would like to see the [Hormuz Strait](https://humanevents.com/2026/03/02/breaking-iran-shuts-down-strait-of-hormuz-threatens-to-torch-any-ship-that-enters-it) open. He said, If I could be of any help whatsoever, I would like to help."

Additionally, Trump said that Xi said to him that China would not give military equiptment to Iran when Hannity asked him about China's support of Iran.

"He said he's not gonna give military equipment. That's a big statement. He said that strongly. But at the same time he said they buy a lot of their oil there, and they'd like to keep doing that," Trump said.

Additionally, Trump said that Xi agreed to buy more US oil, liquified natural gas, two hundred 737 max jets from Boeing, and Trump also introduced the Chinese president to the group of US business leaders that were with the US president for the trip to China.

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