US President Donald Trump, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, “Probably” will hold a telephone conversation This week, White House spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt announced, amid commercial tensions between the two countries.
“I can confirm that Both leaders probably They will speak this week”Said spokeswoman.
However, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when asked about this possibility, said Beijing I had no “no information To give “on the subject.
Trump increased tension with China on May 30, accusing Beijing of Do not respect the terms of a negotiated agreement in Geneva.
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In that Swiss city, the United States and China agreed temporarily suspend commercial escalation that had raised customs rates on the American products 125% and those of Chinese goods at 145%.
After two days of meetings, Washington and Beijing decided to temporarily reduce their 30% and 10% tariffrespectively, and promised to continue the talks To achieve a commercial agreement.
To reduce the tension, the US secretary secretary, Scott Besent, declared the CBS chain on June 1 that He was confident that Trump and XI talk on the phone.
Trump and XI still They have not had any confirmed contactafter more than five months since the Republican returned to power, despite the frequent claims of the president that they will speak imminently.
The US president came to say, in an interview with Time magazine in April, which Xi had called himbut Beijing insisted that such communication had not occurred.