President Trump urged Japan to dial back talk of Taiwan after a tense call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping regarding a trade truce and a promise of soybean purchases.

Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, 64, said a Chinese attack on Taiwan could draw a Tokyo military response, Xi spent half of a call with Trump pressing Beijing’s claim to the self-governing island. China’s leader stressed that the U.S. and China have a “responsibility to manage the world order,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

Later the same day, Trump, 79, was reported by the Journal to have called Takaichi and subtly advised her not to provoke Beijing on Taiwan’s sovereignty, according to Japanese officials and an American briefed on the call.

A spokeswoman for Takaichi disputed that characterization

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