President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday, with tariff and trade talks set to resume next week. Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would meet with Chinese counterparts in London on Monday.

President Donald Trump says China and the U.S. have agreed to more tariff talks amid trade standoff and concerns over rare earths.

Trump announced a new round of trade talks with China next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a battle over tariffs.

Trump's tariffs slashed farm exports, raised input costs and left farmers reliant on unsustainable bailouts, experts warn.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed significantly in April as President Donald Trump sharply escalated tariffs before pausing a large swath of the levies, U.S. Commerce Department data on Thursday showed.

The US trade deficit more than halved in April as President Donald Trump's global tariffs reversed an import surge that preceded the new duties.