China has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims that he received a phone call from Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
“[Xi]’s called. And I don’t think that’s a sign of weakness on his behalf,” Trump told Time magazine in an interview last week.
The Trump administration has repeatedly asserted over the past week that the US president had spoken by phone with Xi and trade talks took place, but Beijing continues to deny any such conversation occurred.
Rebutting the claim again on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said: “To my knowledge, there has been no phone call between the two heads of state recently.
“I would like to reiterate that China and the US have not engaged in consultations or negotiations regarding tariff issues.”
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