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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a 90-minute call on trade tensions.

Trump says they discussed the recent trade agreement and scheduled a new round of talks.

The call came a day after Trump doubled tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

A week of re-escalating U.S.-China trade tensions — rising in spite of a temporary agreement reached last month — appears to be cooling down again following a Thursday morning phone call between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump said he and Xi engaged in a 90-minute conversation that was focused almost entirely trade issues and included an agreement to hold further trade talks. Trump said they didn’t talk about the Russia-Ukraine war or Iran.

“I just concluded a very good phone call with Pres

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