And it is a phone call that happens in the middle of commercial war
United States President Donald Trump held the long awaited telephone call with Xi Jinping from China, according to a person familiar with the matter. The conversation arises in full clash between the two leaders of trade policy.
The White House did not immediately confirm the call, which was also reported by the Chinese state press.
The call occurred after a long period of silence between the two leaders and the difference in the way each side treated – or avoided treating – the in advance only highlighted the growing gulf between the two largest economies in the world.
Since CNN had already reported before this telephone conversation, Chinese – cautious authorities with Trump’s unpredictability and his history of placing foreign leaders in embarrassing or embarrassing situations – had postponed the telephone conversation, according to Fontes, even after Trump said on several occasions that he expected to talk to Xi soon.
Trump’s “ambushes” in the Oval Room with Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine, and Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa, caught the attention of authorities in Beijing, guarantee these same sources, and the Chinese wanted to avoid something similar, even in a private conversation.
But Trump considers that guaranteeing a new deal with Beijing is both a crucial component of his wider commercial agenda and a necessary sequel to his first term, when trade agreements with China were interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
