The president said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping still need to sign off on a preliminary deal, even though he called it "done."

Shortly after President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he launched a tariff war against China, as part of a broader implementation of import taxes on goods from several dozen countries as Trump seeks to reset the foundations of global trade.

President Donald Trump and officials from China announced that they have agreed on a framework for a trade deal between the two major economic powers.