U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping, seen in 2019, struck a 90-day deal on May 12 to roll back some of the tariffs they had placed on each other since Trump’s January inauguration.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping confronted weeks of brewing trade tensions and a battle over critical minerals in a rare leader-to-leader call on Thursday that left key issues to further talks.
During the more than one-hour-long call, Xi told Trump to back down from trade measures that roiled the global economy and warned him against threatening steps on Taiwan, according to a Chinese government summary.
