Trump to Travel to China on May 14-15 for Summit With Xi (1)

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold their highly anticipated summit in Beijing on May 14-15, following a delay that brought fresh uncertainty to relations between the world’s largest economies.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the rescheduled dates on Wednesday and said that Xi would visit Washington at a date later this year.

Trump was due to visit China later this month but the US president postponed the meeting to remain in Washington and focus his attention on the war with Iran. The war brought fresh strains to US-China ties, even as the two economies ...