BEIJING — The timing of a highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is in doubt after Trump asked to delay it by “a month or so” so he can focus on the widening war with Iran.
It’s the latest complication from the U.S.-Israeli attack on Tehran, which has close ties with Beijing, as the conflict adds another possible point of tension between America and China.
The summit was meant to focus on trade, as both Trump and Xi seek to extend a delicate tariff truce between the world’s two biggest economies. But China showed little immediate sign that it was bothered by the likely delay, which analysts said may actually prove beneficial to efforts to further stabilize relations.
President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, in October.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images fileTrump said Monday that his China trip planned for
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