US President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping was “extremely hard to make a deal with” in a comment that comes as frictions rise between the two countries, weeks after they reached an agreement to de-escalate trade tensions.

Donald Trump has described Xi Jinping as “extremely hard to make a deal with” as the two countries face off over claims from the US that China is reneging on a trade truce signed in Geneva last month.

Even the president appears to be doubting his strategy to win over Beijing, as relations fray between the trading partners.

U.S. stock futures are lower after major stock indexes eked out a gain despite rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

President Donald Trump has said he will soon speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the renewed trade conflict.

China has accused the United States of “provoking new economic and trade frictions” as it responded to US President Donald Trump’s claims that Beijing had violated a trade truce agreed by the two nations last month,