“Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China,” Mr. Trump said Tuesday on Twitter . “We will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan. Our respective teams will begin talks prior to our meeting.” Mr. Trump noted the phone call hours before he was set to take the stage to announce his 2020 re-election bid. Many lawmakers have argued that Mr. Trump’s tariff dispute with China may hurt his prospects for re-election in typically Republican states where agriculture is the dominant industry. Shortly after Mr. Trump’s tweet, China’s state broadcaster CCTV confirmed the phone call between the two leaders. During the conversation, according to CCTV, President Xi said that the bilateral relationship recently has “encountered some difficulties, which is not in the interest of either side” and said that he was willing to meet with Mr. Trump at the G-20 summit, […]