Trump reschedules Irandelayed China visit for May 1415 By Nandita Bose and Trevor HunnicuttWed, March 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM UTC 0 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping react as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) U.S.
Trump reschedules Iran-delayed China visit for May 14-15
By Nandita Bose and Trevor HunnicuttWed, March 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM UTC
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FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping react as they hold a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
By Nandita Bose and Trevor Hunnicutt
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - 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."
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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 for comment.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday that Xi understood the need to reschedule the trip.
Trump's last trip to China, in 2017, was the most recent by a U.S. president. Trump's visit will be the leaders' first in-person talks since an October meeting in South Korea, where they agreed on a trade truce.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose, Gram Slattery, Trevor Hunnicutt and Michael Martina; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Nick Zieminski)
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Published: March 25, 2026 at 04:54PM on Source: PRIME TIME
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