Trump says Xi called him, lays out trade and other deal plans in TIME interview

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is talking with China to strike a tariff deal and that Chinese President Xi Jinping has called him, according to a Time magazine interview published on Friday, as Beijing has so far disputed the U.S. characterization of talks. China's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's statement. Before Trump's latest comments were published, it had urged Washington to stop "misleading the public" on bilateral tariff negotiations.