Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to use China’s economic leverage over North Korea to pressure the country to denuclearize, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a speech at the White House on Wednesday.

Trump also said that he and Xi discussed the proposed freeze-for-freeze deal tabled by China and co-signed by Russia, which would see the U.S. and South Korea suspend joint military exercises in return for North Korea’s freeze of nuclear and missile tests.

“During our visit, President Xi pledged to faithfully implement United Nations Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and to use his great economic influence over