United States President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in May during his first visit to China in eight years, a closely watched trip postponed due to the ongoing Iran war.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s effort to reschedule the trip reflected the Republican president\u2019s eagerness to project confidence in a challenging Middle East war and simultaneously to manage a tense relationship between the world\u2019s biggest economies.<\/p>\n
Initially slated to travel next week, Trump will now visit Beijing on May 14 and 15, he said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. Trump added that he would host Xi for a reciprocal visit in Washington later this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Representatives are finalising preparations for these Historic Visits,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI look very much forward to spending time with President Xi in what will be, I am sure, a Monumental Event.\u201d<\/p>\n
China\u2019s embassy said it had no information to provide on the announcement of the visit. Beijing normally does not detail Xi\u2019s schedule more than a few days in advance.<\/p>\n
The long-scheduled trip \u2014 and Washington\u2019s broader effort to reset relations in the Asia Pacific region \u2014 have been repeatedly overtaken by events.<\/p>\n
In February, the Supreme Court curtailed the US president\u2019s power to impose tariffs, a source of leverage for Trump in negotiations with the US\u2019s third-biggest trading partner. Later that month, Trump\u2019s joint military operation with Israel against Iran introduced a new point of tension with Beijing, Tehran\u2019s main oil buyer.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s last trip to China, in 2017, was the most recent by a US president. Trump\u2019s visit in May will be the leaders\u2019 first in-person talks since an October meeting in South Korea, where they agreed on a trade truce.<\/p>\n
White House says Xi understands Trump\u2019s reasons for delay
\nThe two-day trip is set to combine the lavish pomp and circumstance that has become a feature of Trump\u2019s trips abroad with hard-nosed diplomacy.<\/p>\n
While the two sides could strike goodwill agreements in Beijing on trade in agriculture and airplane parts, they are also expected to discuss areas of deep tension like Taiwan, where little progress is expected.<\/p>\n
Trump has dramatically ramped up US arms sales to Taiwan during his second term in office. The moves have angered Beijing, which claims the democratically governed island as its own territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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