President Trump tweeted Thursday evening that his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week will be “very difficult," citing outsourced jobs and past trade deals he opposes.

"The meeting next week with China will be a very difficult one in that we can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses. American companies must be prepared to look at other alternatives," Trump tweeted.

...and job losses. American companies must be prepared to look at other alternatives. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2017

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Trump is slated to host the Chinese leader next Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., where the two leaders will "discuss global, regional, and bilateral issues of mutual concern,” the White House said in a Thursday statement.

It marks the pair's first meeting and comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and China on issues such as trade, Taiwan and North Korea's nuclear program.

On the campaign trail, Trump memorably accused China of “raping” the U.S. with its high volume of exports to the country, while the U.S. exported little to China in return.

“We can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and that's what they're doing,” Trump said during a rally in Fort Wayne, Ind., last summer, when he floated a 45 percent tariff on Chinese goods.

Trump also broke with decades of U.S. protocol toward China when he took a phone call with Taiwan's president in December.

He later offered reassurances to Jinping in a phone call in February that he would support the "One China" policy, which acknowledges Beijing's claim that Taiwan is part of the Chinese territory.