For months, President Donald Trump has suggested his personal relationship with China’s Xi Jinping will be what unlocks the world’s most consequential trade dispute. Yet he hasn’t been able to get Xi on the phone — until,

The White House says a call this week between the president and China’s leader is "likely" as it tries to restore a fragile truce in the U.S.-China trade war.

The White House says the two leaders might discuss the trade relationship as early as this week, but Beijing remains skeptical