Trump said in his Truth Social post that the hour-and-a-half conversation phone call was “focused almost entirely on TRADE,” while the Chinese readout singled out Xi’s stern warning on Taiwan – the reddest of lines for Beijing – and the issue of Chinese student visas.

In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”

China announced Monday that it rejects accusations made by the Trump administration that it has broken terms in regard to the recent trade deal made between the two nations.