washington u.s. president donald trump attack china issue trade south china sea hold first face-to-face talk member chinese leadership monday white house say chance discuss share security interest possible meet president xi jinping state councilor yang jiechi china top diplomat meet trump briefly talk new u.s. national security adviser h.r mcmaster trump son-in-law senior adviser jar kushner white house chief strategist steve bannon senior u.s. administration official say discussions include bilateral cooperation possibility arrange meet trump xi date set official say meet trump last five seven minutes white house spokesman sean spic call opportunity say hi president yang leave opportunity begin conversation talk share interest national security say regular news brief china foreign ministry cite yang tell trump china will enhance exchange unite state level expand coordination cooperation respect others core interest major concern ensure steady healthy development china-u.s. tie surely benefit people world whole ministry paraphrase yang say yang outrank china foreign minister first top chinese official visit white house since trump take office jan. 20. visit follow phone call yang u.s. secretary state rex tillerson last week two affirm importance constructive u.s.-china relationship late step world two large economies try put relations back even keel rocky start follow trump election victory trump strong critic beijing accuse china unfair trade policies criticize island build strategic south china sea accuse enough constrain neighbor north korea trump incense beijing december talk president taiwan say unite state stick one china policy washington acknowledge chinese position one china taiwan part trump late agree phone call xi honor one china policy diplomatic boost beijing vehemently oppose criticism claim self-ruled taiwan interview reuters thursday trump press china rein north korea nuclear missile program say beijing could resolve issue easily want to china dismiss trump remark say friday crux matter dispute washington pyongyang beijing repeatedly call return negotiations pyongyang world power yang hold talk white house senior officials unite state japan south korea meet state department discuss additional measure choke fund north korea weapons program officials consider possible measure national authorities include mean restrict revenue source north korea weapons program particularly illicit activities say joint statement also agree north korea nuclear ballistic missile program directly threaten security strong international pressure need push back pyongyang statement say plan renew contact north korea unite state cancel last week u.s. state department deny visa top envoy pyongyang wall street journal report saturday trump china 's top diplomat discuss cooperation possible xi meet