Trump said China had been in touch since the imposition of tariffs and expressed optimism that they could reach a deal.

Reporters ask President Trump about the status of his negotiations with China and, in particular, whether he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the ongoing trade war.

China now faces U.S. tariffs of up to 245%, the White House said last night as it unveiled a probe into critical minerals. But that total appears to apply only to two types of goods—electric vehicles and syringes—and isn’t new.

A Boeing jet earmarked for China was returning to the United States on Friday, flight tracking data showed, as the planemaker's flagship delivery plant outside Shanghai was drawn into a deepening tariff war between Beijing and Washington.

Boeing already was suffering in its competition with Airbus before Trump started his tariff war. That won't make things any easier for America's top export company.

On April 15 and 16, 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that China had halted or canceled all its orders of airplanes from the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing. An X post of a news report on the topic was captioned: 🚨JUST IN: China has just CANCELED all jet orders from American manufacturer Boeing to in response to President Trump hitting the country with tariffs as high as 145% on Chinese goods.