President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call Thursday amid ongoing tensions between the two superpowers — with a new in-person meeting planned soon.

We had a very good conversation with President Xi a little while ago before your arrival," Trump said, looking at Merz, befo

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak very soon, a senior White House official told CNBC. The discussion would follow a series of recent flare-ups between Washington and Beijing that threaten to derail a tentative trade agreement between the two economic superpowers.