Even the president appears to be doubting his strategy to win over Beijing, as relations fray between the trading partners.

The truce between the U.S. and China for a 90-day tariff reprieve looks to be crumbling. Both sides say the other is in violation of the agreement that ratcheted tariffs down from

US President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping was “extremely hard to make a deal with” in a comment that comes as frictions rise between the two countries, weeks after they reached an agreement to de-escalate trade tensions.