Trump claims China has ‘totally violated’ tariff de-escalation deal with the US

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US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has accused China of violating a tariff de-escalation deal, while saying he expects to eventually speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. His comments came hours after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that trade talks with Beijing were “a bit stalled” in an interview with broadcaster Fox News. Earlier this month, the world’s two biggest economies agreed to temporarily lower staggeringly high tariffs they had imposed on each other, in a pause to last 90 days. But today, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform: “China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT...