Trump Seeks to Delay Meeting With Chinas Xi by One Month Due to Iran War

US-China RelationsBreaking‘We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,’ Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday.  U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Women’s History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2026. Jim Watson/AFPKimberly Hayek3/16/2026|Updated: 3/16/2026President Donald Trump on March 16 said he has requested to delay his planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing by about a month.“We’ve requested that we delay it a month or so,” Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Monday. “I’m looking forward to being with him.”