President Trump Says China Asked That Trade Talks Resume

President Donald Trump said Monday that Chinese officials called to restart talks amid an escalating trade war that sent markets spinning last week.

Speaking to reporters at the G-7 meeting of world leaders taking place in France, Trump said that U.S. officials had received two calls from China. The president declined to say whether he had spoken directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

"We've got two calls, very very good calls, very productive calls," Trump told reporters. "They mean business."

Trump made the remarks hours before markets opened in the...

President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Chinese officials are prepared to return to the negotiating table, signaling there may be a path to a potential détente in his tit-for-tat trade war with Beijing.

“China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to the table.’ They have been hurt very badly, but they understand this is the right thing to do and I have great respect for it,” Trump told reporters during a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of...