The president said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping still need to sign off on a preliminary deal, even though he called it "done."

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that China will make it easier for American industry to obtain much-needed needed magnets and rare earth minerals, clearing the way for talks to continue between the world’s two biggest economies.

Rupert Murdoch-owned the Wall Street Journal ridiculed President Donald Trump’s half-baked trade “deal” with China, calling it a “truce that tilts in China’s direction” after months of wavering back and forth.