Politicians said the call between the two leaders, which focused on trade, had ‘made us very anxious’ about the implications for the island.

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,

Tokyo stocks climbed Friday on hopes of easing U.S.-China trade tensions after the leaders of the world's two largest economies agree