U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China's President Xi Jinping was "extremely hard" to make a deal with. A senior White House official told CNBC earlier on Monday that Trump and Xi are likely to speak this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is tough and "extremely hard to make a deal with."

In response to President Trump’s claim, China said the United States was the one introducing a series of “discriminatory restrictive measures.”