The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the call was initiated at Trump’s request. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. US equity futures jumped to a session high after the call was reported by Xinhua.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Thursday, according to China’s Foreign Ministry, as trade tensions roil relations between the world’s two largest economies.
The phone call between the leaders marked their first known formal contact since Trump took office. The last conversation between Trump and Xi took place in January before the US president’s inauguration.
