#USChinaTradeTalks But since then, relations seemed to have deteriorated. Last month, Trump said that China had "totally violated its agreement with us," and then, a few days later, China said that the U.S. had "severely violated" the agreement.

The U.S. accused China of not restarting shipments of critical minerals and vital rare earth magnets for the automotive and computer industries.

On Saturday, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said it had approved some export license requests for rare earths, although it did not provide details on which countries were involved.

The announcement came after Trump said on Friday that Xi had agreed to restart trade in rare earth materials.

But speaking on Sunday, the Director of the National Economic Council at the White House, Kevin Hassett, told CBS News that "those exports of critical minerals have been released at a rate that is, you know, higher than it was, but not as high as we think we agreed upon in Geneva."