Trump says he may speak to Xi this week after tariffs truce

US President Donald Trump said he would likely speak to Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this week following talks between Washington and Beijing to temporarily lower tariffs and de-escalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

“I’ll speak to President Xi, maybe at the end of the week,” Trump said at the White House on Monday.

The tariff arrangement, agreed to after talks in Switzerland between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer with a Chinese delegation...