China's state-run People's Daily said on the 19th that Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
This call was reportedly related to the agreement reached on the U.S. operations of Chinese video platform TikTok during the U.S.-China high-level trade talks held in Madrid, Spain, on the 14th–15th.
In addition to the TikTok issue, the calls could also discuss tariff, export controls on rare earths and semiconductors, and China's purchases of U.S. soybeans.
In addition, the two leaders were said to be negotiating a plan for President Trump to visit China around the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which will be held in Korea for two days starting on the 31st of next month.
Meanwhile, the two sides also spoke in June, following a call in January of this year just before the launch of the second Trump administration. During the June call, President Trump said, "(President Xi) invited a visit to China, and I responded in kind."