"We've requested that we delay it a month or so," he told reporters at the White House, adding that it was important that he remained available to oversee the war. The meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently set to take place between 31 March to 2 April, following their last face to face talks in October last year. The Chinese embassy in Washington told the BBC that it had seen the reports regarding the meeting but did not have any information to provide. The Iran war has eclipsed most of Trump's other foreign policy priorities, faced with an intensifying conflict and disruptions to the global oil supply, which has threatened to raise prices in the US. " US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that the meeting's delay would not be due to Washington's request that Beijing help in the Gulf, or any trade disagreements. Chinese negotiators expressed "serious concern" about Washington's plans to probe the country's trade practices and urged the US to maintain economic stability, he said.