U.S. President Donald Trump shakes palms with Chinese language President Xi Jinping as they maintain a bilateral assembly at Gimhae Worldwide Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Busan, South Korea, October 30, 2025.
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A protracted-awaited assembly between President Donald Trump and Chinese language President Xi Jinping will happen in Beijing on Might 14 and 15, the White Home mentioned Wednesday.
Trump and first woman Melania Trump can even host Xi for a “reciprocal go to” in Washington, D.C., at a to-be-announced date later this 12 months, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt instructed reporters at a briefing.
The announcement quantities to a roughly six-week postponement of the China summit, which was anticipated to happen in late March and early April.
However Trump mentioned in mid-March that the U.S. had requested to delay that assembly “by a month or so” in gentle of the Iran conflict.
The Trump administration has mentioned it expects the conflict — which started on Feb. 28 when the U.S. and Israel launched strikes towards Iran — will final round 5 weeks, although some officers have provided various timelines.
Requested Wednesday if the brand new schedule for Trump’s China journey signifies that the U.S. expects the conflict shall be wound down by mid-Might, Leavitt mentioned, “We have all the time estimated roughly 4 to 6 weeks, so you might do the mathematics on that.”
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