President Donald Trump has said the US and China will "very shortly" resume trade talks after a weekend of escalating tension with Beijing.

"China called last night... said let's get back to the table. So we'll be getting back to the table," he said.

On Friday Mr Trump sharply hiked tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports in retaliation for fresh duties from Beijing.

China has yet to comment but earlier called for "calm" to resolve the row.

Mr Trump sent out conflicting messages over the weekend, at first appearing to express regret about the latest tariffs, only for the White House to retract his comments on Sunday.

However, at the G7 summit in Biarritz on Monday he said Chinese officials had made two "very, very good calls" on Sunday night and that Beijing wanted to "make a deal".

BBC