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.

The US and Chinese leaders have spoken amid stalled negotiations between both countries over tariffs that have roiled global trade.

President Trump spoke by phone to China’s Xi Jinping in a bid to ease the trade war he started by slapping massive tariffs on products imported from the world’s biggest manufacturing