President Donald Trump held a long-awaited phone call Thursday with China’s Xi Jinping, a person familiar with the matter said, as the two leaders tussle over trade policy.

Mr. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that his call with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, had focused entirely on the trade relationship between the nations, which has soured in recent months in a dispute over the export of critical minerals used in an array of industries.

Trump held a long-awaited phone call with Chinese President Xi Thursday as the leaders of the world's two biggest economies tried to avoid an all-out trade war.