The leaders of both Canada and Mexico got on the phone with President Donald Trump this past week to seek solutions after he slapped tariffs on their countries, but China’s president appears unlikely to make a similar call soon.

China’s reliance on trade for growth faces fresh challenges as the United States and many other countries have raised tariffs on Chinese goods.

Tariffs are just one piece of a broader strategy aimed at curbing the growth of the world's second-largest economy and containing its geopolitical expansion.

On Tuesday, the U.S. doubled its tariffs on Chinese imports to 20 percent. China in return imposed additional 15 percent duties on American goods.

President Trump has not mentioned the possibility of rolling back the increased tariffs on imports from China as he issued pauses on some tariffs from Mexico and China. China's foreign minister has vowed to "resolutely counter" U.