U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have held what Trump says was "a long and very good phone conversation" on their current trade spat.<br />President Trump also said the two leaders discussed North Korea.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports. <br />A glimmer of hope for a thaw in the trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies.<br />President Trump took to Twitter on Thursday,... saying he had "a long and very good conversation" with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.<br />He added they discussed "many subjects, with a heavy emphasis on trade".<br />With the G20 summit to be held in Argentina this month,... the two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines.<br />While watchers don't expect any major breakthrough,...President Trump said the talks were "moving along nicely".<br />After the phone call,... President Xi said he and Trump hope to expand trade cooperation,... adding they would "promote a plan" that the two sides can accept to reach a consensus on the current trade issue.<br />The two countries have already imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other's goods.<br />President Trump has also threatened to slap tariffs on the remainder of China's 500-billion-plus dollar exports to the U.S.<br />Trump's economic adviser Larry Kudlow now says the administration will be holding off on further tariffs on China,... and may scale back existing ones,... if talks on a new trade relationship are successful. <br />While Kudlow declined to provide details on the Trump-Xi phone discussion,... he said there was a "very positive tone" between the two leaders.<br />President Trump's mention of a "good discussion on North Korea" is also being viewed as positive in South Korea,... but no further information was available on what the two leaders discussed on that front.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. <br />
