Trump Says Talked With China’s Xi on Trade Deal, Hong Kong, North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump spoke on Dec. 20 with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and claimed progress between the two governments on issues that have divided them, from trade to North Korea and Hong Kong.

The two leaders spoke a week after their envoys sealed a “Phase 1” agreement aimed at ending an 18-month trade war.