‘Maintain momentum in ties’: Xi, Trump hold phone call; discuss US-China bilateral cooperation, Taiwan

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump discussed bilateral cooperation and the issue of Taiwan in a phone call on Monday, according to China’s state news agency Xinhua. Xi said the two countries should “maintain momentum in ties” following their meeting last month in South Korea, and “stressed that Taiwan’s return to China is an important part of the post-war international order,” Xinhua reported.The call follows a trade truce reached last month between the world’s two largest economies, under which Washington reduced tariffs on some Chinese goods and Beijing lifted select restrictions on rare earth exports.