President Donald Trump has come up short on striking trade deals with most nations with just one month left before his self-imposed tariff deadline, even as he took his first steps in weeks toward engaging with China.

US President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping has agreed to restart the flow of crucial rare earth materials, after announcing a new round of US-China trade talks will be held in London on Monday.

The tariff-related whiplash continues as President Donald Trump now says trade talks with China are back on, one week after accusing the Chinese government of violating a previous agreement.

President Donald Trump said Friday that China “TOTALLY” violated a trade agreement with the United States. Trump’s claim came just weeks after the two nations agreed to ease tariffs temporarily. Trump did not specify what China did to violate the agreement.

Trump said in his Truth Social post that the hour-and-a-half conversation phone call was “focused almost entirely on TRADE,” while the Chinese readout singled out Xi’s stern warning on Taiwan – the reddest of lines for Beijing – and the issue of Chinese student visas.

Trump made the increase official in a proclamation that raised the trade levies on most steel and aluminum imports to 50% as of 12:01 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The president signaled th