Donald Trump said on Thursday the US and China had signed a trade deal, two weeks after saying they had reached an understanding in London about how to implement a truce in the countries’ dispute. “We just signed with China yesterday,” the US president said at the White House on Thursday, without providing any details.

China and the US both confirmed the details of a trade deal framework as the two countries moved to end their damaging tariff tit-for-tat.

China has confirmed the details of the framework will include Washington looking at "restrictive measures", while Beijing will "review and approve" items under export control.