Trump announced a new round of trade talks with China next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a battle over tariffs.

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

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to let rare earth minerals and magnets flow to the United States, a move that could lower tensions between the world's biggest economies. Asked by a reporter aboard Air Force One whether Xi had agreed to do so, Trump replied: "Yes, he did."