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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the war with Iran upends U.S. foreign policy and delays an effort to ease tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. - REUTERS

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00:00We're resetting the meeting and it looks like it'll take place in about five weeks.
00:05U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip
00:10to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
00:13The decision comes as the war with Iran upends U.S. foreign policy and delays an effort to
00:19ease tensions between the world's two biggest economies.
00:22We're working with China.
00:24They were fine with it.
00:26I look forward to seeing President Xi, he looks forward to seeing me, I think.
00:31But I do look forward to seeing him.
00:33We have a good relationship with China.
00:35China actually has become economically for us very good, very good as you know.
00:41It's much different than it was in the past.
00:44China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
00:48The postponed visit heightens uncertainty for markets and diplomacy alike.
00:52As the war with Iran has driven oil prices higher, threatened shipping through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:58and sharpened investor focus on energy security.
01:01The delay will also sideline talks to ease trade frictions between Washington and Beijing
01:06over Taiwan, tariffs, computer chips, illegal drugs, rare earths, and agriculture.
01:12Because of the war, I want to be here, I have to be here, I feel.
01:16Trump's campaign in Iran has unleashed a wave of military and economic consequences and commanded
01:22attention from across his administration.
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