Trump, Xi to discuss tariffs imposed on each other's exports

Cargo shipping containers sit on a container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Feb. 3, 2025. China and the U.S. rolled out back-and-forth tariffs over the past two days. A photo released on Jan. 31, 2025, shows two suspects being presented with confiscated illegal drugs at an undisclosed location in Mexico. The Mexican government announced that day it had seized 18 kilos of fentanyl hidden in a bus.(Mexican Ministry of Defense and Navy via AFP) A 2024 Ford F-150 Raptor truck is displayed at the Dearborn Truck Plant, on April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford and General Motors are two companies that could be hit hard by Chinese tariffs, experts say.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set soon to hold a high-stakes phone call on the tit-for-tat tariffs each has imposed on the other country’s exports.