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The positive signals which the Thursday phone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump sent should be treasured and followed by more consistent actions from Washington since the bilateral ties still face uncertainties mainly caused by the US, analysts said on Friday.
The two leaders on Thursday spoke on the phone about trade and the Korean Peninsula issue, while agreeing to meet one-on-one at the upcoming G20 summit in Buenos Aires.
"The conversation was quite positive. The two countries' leaders had a long and deep discussion and sufficiently exchanged views on issues of mutual concern," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily briefing on Friday.
Analysts said the phone call, which came half a year after their previous call on May 8, shows the resilience of the bilateral ties and proves that the communication mechanism between the two sides remains effective and respected by both sides as an ideal channel to resolve disputes.
The telephone conversation was held at the invitation of Trump, who also said that the US attaches importance to US-China economic and trade cooperation and would like to continue to expand exports to China, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Friday.
Positive gestures could be read from the Trump administration and both sides should seize the positive momentum and focus on areas of cooperation instead of disputes, Li Haidong, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing, told the Global Times on Friday.
What differentiates China-US relations with other bilateral ties is the prominent influence of interactions between their leaders, especially when their relations suffer uncertainties and difficulties, Li said.
The conversation shows that the two sides are back on the right track of resolving disputes through negotiations, said Ruan Zongze, executive vice president of the China Institute of International Studies. Ruan noted that despite the complexity of the relations, the two sides should always focus on the bigger picture.
Confidence and concerns
The two countries have imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars on each other's goods and Trump has threatened to slap tariffs on the remainder of China's $500 billion-plus exports to the US if the disputes are not resolved, Reuters reported.
