President Trump said “we’re meeting with China” on tariffs, comments aimed at soothing jittery financial markets. But Chinese officials say no talks have taken place.

The Chinese foreign ministry has urged the United States to stop “misleading the public” on bilateral tariff negotiations, saying it wasn’t familiar with reports on whether Beijing was planning to exempt tariffs on some US imports.

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is talking with China to strike a tariff deal and that Chinese President Xi Jinping has called him, according to a Time magazine interview published on Friday as Beijing continues to dispute U.