Beijing and Washington have contradicted each other about whether President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have spoken in recent weeks regarding the newly placed tariffs.
The president has said they’ve been in communication to discuss the back-and-forth tariffs that rocked the global markets, while the Chinese have maintained the two have not been in touch. Their last reported conversation was from days before Trump’s second inauguration.
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