New Delhi, June 3 -- US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak this week, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The call would come amid rising tensions after Trump accused Beijing of breaching last month's tariff rollback agreement, reached in Geneva, and Beijing asserting that Washington "has made bogus charges and unreasonably accused China of violating the consensus".

Leavitt is the third senior Trump official in recent days to suggest a phone call is imminent. The exact date and time of the conversation remain unconfirmed.

A temporary US-China agreement to suspend tariffs for 90 days triggered a strong relief rally in global stock markets.

Earlier this month, the two side...