China has accused the United States of “provoking new economic and trade frictions” as it responded to US President Donald Trump’s claims that Beijing had violated a trade truce agreed by the two nations last month,

U.S. stock futures are lower after major stock indexes eked out a gain despite rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

China added fuel to simmering trade tensions with the US, setting investors on guard as they turned the page on a bullish May.