U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping within the next couple of days, his spokesperson said on Monday.

China has reiterated its threat to take “necessary countermeasures to defend its legitimate rights and interests” following President Donald Trump’s decision to impose 10% tariffs.

China's sharpest pushback on Sunday was over fentanyl, an area where the Biden administration had also been urging Beijing to crack down on shipments.

Unlike Canada and Mexico, China hasn't yet announced retaliatory tariffs after Trump unveiled his long-awaited levies on Saturday. Beijing may not have to go that route as it has a "trick up its sleeve" in the form of currency devaluation,

Beijing is readying an opening bid to try to head off greater tariff increases and technology restrictions from the Trump administration—a sign that China is eager to get trade talks going. However, what it is prepared to offer,

U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday he might increase tariffs on China beyond the 10% he imposed on Saturday and that "we will speak to China" probably over the next 24 hours. He described the tariffs he placed on Chinese imports as an "opening salvo" in his drive for more balance in the U.