Trump and China's Xi will likely talk very soon, White House official says

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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands at a press conference following their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are likely to speak this week, a senior White House official told CNBC's Eamon Javers on Monday.

The expected discussion follows a series of flare-ups between Washington and Beijing that threaten to derail a tentative trade agreement that the two economic superpowers reached just weeks earlier.

The two leaders could speak one-on-one "very soon," though probably not today, the official said on condition of anonymity.

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