Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Friday, June 6th, and this is your FT News Briefing.
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reopened the door to trade talks,
and the European Central Bank is winding down rate cuts.
Plus, the FT's Anu Adeoye takes us to Burkina Faso,
where a coup leader has become an anti-West icon.
What we're seeing now is there's increased competition for the West in countries where the West used to be the only game in town.
I'm Mark Filippino, and here's the news you need to start your day.
U.S.
President Donald Trump had a breakthrough with China yesterday.
He spoke with President Xi Jinping over the phone after weeks of frustration around tariffs and trade.
Here to tell us about the call is the FT's Washington bureau chief, James Politi.
Hey, James.
Hey, Mark.
All right, so give us some background here.
Why did this call happen now?
Well,
President Trump had been angling for a call with President Xi for a while to discuss ways to ease the trade tensions between the countries.
Last month in Geneva, Scott Besson,
the Treasury Secretary, reached an agreement to lower the tariffs,