WASHINGTON, March 25 – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would visit China for a state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15, rescheduling a closely watched trip that was delayed due to the ongoing Iran war.
Trump added that he would host Xi for a reciprocal visit in Washington later this year.
“Our Representatives are finalizing preparations for these Historic Visits,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I look very much forward to spending time with President Xi in what will be, I am sure, a Monumental Event.”
The trip had originally been slated for next week, March 31 to April 2. Talks were set to be wide-ranging, with an effort to lower tensions between the world’s biggest economies on tariffs as well as Taiwan, computer chips, illegal drugs, rare earths and agriculture.
China’s embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request…
