WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in a 90-minute phone call this week that could signal a breakthrough in the ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China.

"We had a very good talk," Trump said Thursday, expressing optimism about the trade war with China, which has seen escalating tariffs and negotiations.

Trump said the two leaders have extended mutual invitations for official visits, with the President planning to take China up on the offer.

"He invited me to China and I invited him here. We both accepted, so I'll be going there with the first lady at a certain point and he'll be coming here hopefully with the first lady of China," he told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday.

Before these visits, trade teams from bo

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