For months, President Donald Trump has suggested his personal relationship with China’s Xi Jinping will be what unlocks the world’s most consequential trade dispute. Yet he hasn’t been able to get Xi on the phone — until,

Donald Trump says his connection with Xi Jinping should be enough to solve the US-China trade mess. But Xi hasn’t been taking his calls. For weeks, Trump tried reaching him and got nothing back. Now,

The U.S. and China are taking potshots at each other again, shattering a brief trade cease-fire, and the Trump administration is banking on a meeting between the leaders of the two countries to reset relations—again.