President Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday morning, a White House official confirmed to CNBC.
Specifics about the call, including why it was scheduled or who requested it, were not immediately clear. The White House did not provide details about what was discussed.
But China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a statement, said, “The two sides are implementing all elements of what we agreed to” when the two leaders met in Busan, South Korea, late last month.
That consensus involved the United States agreeing to lower tariffs on Chinese goods, and China agreeing to pause new export controls on rare earth minerals, among other stipulations that lowered the temperature in their ongoing trade war.
“The China-U.S. relationship has generally maintained a steady and positive trajectory” since the Busan meeting, Beijing said in the statement on Monday, which was translated by NBC News.
