China trade tensions this week. Tensions are simmering as Washington and Beijing accuse each other of undermining last month’s agreement–and officials hint of a possible phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.

US President Donald Trump is eager to land more trade deals, but talks with China and Europe continue to languish amid communications breakdowns and fresh tariff threats.

"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 said in a post on Truth Social.

President Donald Trump’s ambitious plan to broker dozens of trade deals with some of the United States’ closest trading partners has begun to show cracks as the clock on his 90-day pause for most country-specific tariffs winds down to just over one month.

The Trump administration is pressuring trade partners to make a deal as tariff threats loom. The U.S. trade representative's office recently sent letters to foreign countries telling them to make their best trade offers by Wednesday.