President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call on Wednesday, marking their first known conversation during Trump’s second term, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency.
Chinese state media reported that the call took place at the request of the White House, but offered no immediate details on its content. The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed that the discussion was ongoing as of 9 a.m. ET.
The call comes at a tense moment in U.S.-China relations, with recent accusations exchanged over critical minerals. These tensions threaten to unravel a fragile trade truce brokered in Geneva last month.
The two leaders had last spoken in January, just before Trump’s second inauguration.
