U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing on May 14-15 for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to multiple reports. The trip, originally scheduled for March 31 to April 2, was postponed due to the ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict against Iran.
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President Donald Trump will travel to China on May 14-15 for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after the trip was postponed due to the Iran war. The visit marks the first time a U.S. president has visited China in nearly a decade.
- Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping rescheduled for May 14-15
- Trip originally planned for March but delayed due to Iran conflict
- White House announces reciprocal visit by Xi and Peng Liyuan later this year
- Visit aims to reset trade ties between the U.S. and China
- Last U.S. presidential visit to China was in 2017
The White House announced that Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will also host Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the White House later this year. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the new dates suggest an optimistic tone regarding the Iran war's endgame, estimating a resolution within four to six weeks.
The visit is seen as an opportunity to build on a fragile trade truce between the two superpowers but has become entangled in Trump's efforts to find an endgame to the war. China’s embassy had no information to provide on the announcement of the visit, according to Reuters and The Guardian. This will be the first visit to China by a U.S. president in nearly 10 years.
The last time a U.S. president visited China was in November 2017, during Trump's first term. The trip, originally slated for March 31, was delayed after the U.S. and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran last month. In response to the strikes, Iran attacked Israel and U.S.-allied states in the Gulf and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz—a key waterway for global oil and liquefied natural gas—leading to a global fuel crisis.
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