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07.55 GMT
Trump
suggests he may delay China visit as he ramps up pressure over strait of Hormuz
Donald
Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end
of the month as he seeks to ramp up the pressure on Beijing to help reopen the
strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war.
In his
interview on Sunday with the Financial Times, Trump said China’s reliance on
oil from the Middle East means it ought to help with a new coalition he is
trying to put together to get oil tanker traffic moving through the strait.
Trump said “we’d like to know” before the trip whether Beijing will help. “We
may delay,” Trump said in the interview.
As
Associated Press reports, the uncertainty underscores just how much the
US-Israeli strikes on Iran have reshaped global politics in the past two weeks.
Calling off the face-to-face visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping could have
its own major economic consequences: Relations between Washington and Beijing
have been fraught as both sides have threatened the other with steep tariffs
over the past year.
The White
House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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