US President Donald Trump is “likely” to speak to China’s President Xi Jinping this week, the White House said on Monday, amid renewed trade tensions between the two countries.
The prospect for such talks, mentioned to reporters by White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, comes after China hit back at the United States over alleged violations of a temporary bilateral trade agreement reached in mid-May in Geneva.
China’s Commerce Ministry on Monday released a statement saying Trump’s accusation last week that Beijing had violated the agreement is “groundless” and “grossly distorts the facts”.
