Overview

• The leaders concluded a 90-minute call on June 5 with both sides describing the outcome as very positive.
• They agreed to dispatch US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to London.
• Negotiations will focus on resolving longstanding tariff standoffs and China’s export restrictions on minerals vital to industries such as auto and defense.
• Xi invited President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to visit China, and Trump extended a reciprocal invitation.
• The new talks follow a 90-day tariff truce agreed in Geneva that temporarily slashed mutual duties.