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President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will likely speak this week, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, days after Trump accused China of violating an agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions.
According to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the two leaders will likely hold the talks as soon as this week, following the rising tension over violating tariff and trade restriction agreements. Leavitt mentioned that, as usual, the White House will share details of the call afterward.
White House confirms that President Trump and President Xi are likely to speak this week amidst escalating trade tensions. Treasury Secretary Bessent indicated the discussion would address disputes over critical minerals and export limitations.
President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January determined to overturn decades of American policy and build a tariff wall around a U.S. economy that used to be pretty much wide open to foreign products.
A federal court is blocking President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
For a White House that has grown accustomed to a rollercoaster of legal rulings, judicial decisions over the past day throwing President Donald Trump’s tariff plans into question landed like a bombshell.
President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products.
David Gura, Bloomberg News Anchor and Correspondent and Justin Wolfers, Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the impact of Donald Trump’s tariff approach,