The meeting follows a phone call with China's President Xi Jinping that Trump said reached a "very positive conclusion."

The United States and China are to sit down at the negotiating table in London on Monday to attempt to preserve a fragile truce on trade, despite simmering tensions. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are leading the US delegation, President Donald Trump announced on Friday.

The meeting comes against a backdrop of increasing trade hostility and heightened geopolitical tension, particularly around China’s tight grip on the supply of critical minerals.