Beijing, Sept. 19 -- US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held a telephonic conversation on Friday, where the leaders discussed the wide expanse of US-China ties, Xinhua reported.

While the US emphasised that the ties between Washington and Beijing are the most important bilateral relationship in the world, China urged the US to avoid taking unilateral trade-restrictive measures, as per Xinhua.

According to Xinhua, the call took place on the evening of Friday between the two leaders, where they had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on current China-US relations and issues of mutual concern, and provided strategic guidance for the stable development of bilateral ties in the next stage. The call was pragm...