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Prez Trump postpones trip to Beijing
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the war with Iran upends U.S. foreign policy and delays an effort to ease tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.
“We are resetting the meeting,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We’re working with China. They were fine with it.”
Trump had been set to travel to Beijing from March 31 to April 2 for the first trip there of his 14-month-old second term. The trip will now take place in “about five or six weeks,” Trump said. The White House did not specify a date.
“China and the U.S. remain in communication on President Trump’s visit to China, including the dates,” said a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington. “I have nothing to add at the moment.”
The postponed visit heightens uncertainty for markets and diplomacy alike, as the war with Iran has driven oil prices higher, threatened shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and sharpened investor focus on energy security.
The delay will also sideline talks to ease frictions between Washington and Beijing over Taiwan, tariffs, computer chips, illegal drugs, rare earths and agriculture.
Trump’s campaign in Iran has unleashed a wave of military and economic consequences and commanded attention from across his administration.
