Trump says 'very tough' xi is 'extremely hard to make a deal with'
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Financial market participants remain on tenterhooks over a call between President Donald Trump and China's leader, Xi Jinping, that the White House has repeatedly insisted is in the
works. A Truth Social post from Trump in the early hours Wednesday offered no indication of an imminent breakthrough. Trump posted: "I like President XI of China, always have, and
always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!" Trump last week accused China of backtracking on a preliminary trade deal struck in Geneva in May, with
Beijing calling the criticisms groundless. U.S. officials have complained China has been slow-walking the approval of exports of rare-earth minerals and magnets. Beijing has dismissed those
complaints, while blasting the U.S. for restrictions on exports of semiconductor chips and revoking visas for Chinese students.