China trade tensions this week. Tensions are simmering as Washington and Beijing accuse each other of undermining last month’s agreement–and officials hint of a possible phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.

China refuted President Donald Trump’s accusations that the Asian nation had reneged on the bilateral trade agreement signed between the two countries on May 12 following the Geneva talks. A Chinese Ministry of Commerce Department spokesperson said,

Beijing accused the US of violating a recent trade agreement reached by both sides in Geneva last month and dismissed similar allegations made by Trump.