Trump says a call with the eleventh, says Chinese media

president Donald Trump He made a phone call with the President of China Xi JinpingChinese media Xinhua It was mentioned Thursday.

In a later statement, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said that the invitation was started by Trump.

The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request to comment on the report.

Futures in the United States He rose on the call news.

Trump has It is said He was keen to speak with Shi, as the tense trade relations between the two countries were exposed last week.

While Washington and Beijing temporarily reduced customs tariffs on each other’s commodities after constructive talks in Switzerland last month, this initial agreement has been threatened since then.

The Trump administration has publicly accused Beijing with slow walking with its pledge to agree to export the most important minerals, as a result of negotiations in Geneva.

Meanwhile, China has expressed deep frustration with a recent decision to impose new restrictions on student visas. The Trump administration also accused of undermining the recent trade progress by issuing an industry warning against the use of Chinese semiconductors.

The Trump administration also imposed additional restrictions on export on chips. The White House claims that the procedures are required to protect national security, but Beijing is seen as punitive.

The conversation was the second time only this year that the two leaders made an individual call. Trump spoke a brutal formerly on January 17, before the US president was installed.

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– Evelyn Cheng and Crystina Wilki of CNBC contributed to this report.