Trump will travel to Beijing on May 14–15 for a rescheduled summit with Xi as the Iran war continues and trade talks loom.
, the White House said Wednesday, reviving a long‑planned visit that had been postponed amid the war between Israel andlater this month but announced he was delaying the trip so he could remain in Washington to help manage the U.
S. and Israeli response to the conflict with Iran.confirmed the new dates Wednesday even as fighting continues and the United States presses Tehran to accept a proposed ceasefire. Trump posted Wednesday afternoon on Truth Social,"My meeting with the Highly Respected President of China, President Xi Jinping, which was originally postponed due to our Military operation in Iran, has been rescheduled, and will take place in Beijing on May 14th and 15th. First Lady Melania and I will also host President Xi and Madame Peng for a reciprocal visit in Washington, D.C., at a later date, this year. Our Representatives are finalizing preparations for these Historic Visits. I look very much forward to spending time with President Xi in what will be, I am sure, a Monumental Event."The China visit had been in planning for months but became uncertain as Trump urged Beijing and other world powers to use their military capabilities to help protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil transit route threatened by the conflict. The waterway carries a significant share of the world’s oil supplies, making its security a priority for global markets. Trump first signaled the rescheduling last week during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office, saying he would travel to China in “five or six weeks” rather than at the end of March. He said the visit would serve as a reset in relations with Xi. “We’re working with China — they were fine with it,” Trump said at the time. “I look forward to seeing President Xi. He looks forward to seeing me, I think.” The trip is widely seen as an opportunity to build on a fragile trade truce between the world’s two largest economies, but it has become entangled with Trump’s efforts to shape an endgame to the war in Iran. After pressing China and other nations to help secure Middle Eastern oil routes, Trump suggested his travel plans depended in part on Beijing’s response, though he later said the United States did not need assistance from allies who declined his request.
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