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Daines Leads Bipartisan Delegation to China Before Trump-Xi Meeting

4/24/2026

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U.S. Senator Steve Daines will lead a five-member bipartisan delegation to China beginning May 1, with stops in Shanghai and Beijing.
The delegation will arrive a week before President Donald Trump’s scheduled May 14-15 meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing.
The presidential visit was postponed earlier because of the war in Iran, prompting the new schedule.
The South China Morning Post reported the delegation plan on April 24, citing unnamed sources.

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U.S. Senator Steve Daines will lead a five-member bipartisan delegation to China beginning May 1, with stops in Shanghai and Beijing.
The delegation will arrive a week before President Donald Trump’s scheduled May 14-15 meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing.
The presidential visit was postponed earlier because of the war in Iran, prompting the new schedule.
The South China Morning Post reported the delegation plan on April 24, citing unnamed sources.