Trump Floats Xi Summit Delay If China Doesn’t Help in Hormuz (1)

Donald Trump threatened to delay his summit with Xi Jinping if Beijing doesn’t help secure the Strait of Hormuz, as the US-Israel war stifles oil supplies and unsettles ties between the world’s biggest economies.

Trump stressed China’s dependence on oil from the Middle East in an interview withthe Financial Times, as he reiterated a demand for Beijing to help unblock the key waterway. One day earlier, the Republican leader appealed to China to join a team effort to send ships to the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes.

“It’s only appropriate that people ...