Trump says China’s Xi has called him and that US and China are in trade talks, Time reports

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is talking with China to strike a tariff deal and that Chinese President Xi Jinping has called him, according to a Time magazine interview published on Friday as Beijing continues to dispute U.S. characterization of talks.

(Reporting by Rami Ayyub and Susan Heavey; Editing by Toby Chopra)