Pence to Delay China Human-Rights Speech Ahead of Trump-Xi Talks
- Vice president had planned to deliver remarks on Monday
- Trump, Pence decided speech should be given after China talks
This article is for subscribers only.
Vice President Mike Pence has postponed a speech planned for Monday criticizing China’s human rights record as a result of progress in conversations over trade between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump and Pence decided the speech should be delivered after Trump and Xi talk on the sidelines of next week’s Group of 20 meeting in Japan, a White House official said. The speech, to be delivered at the Wilson Center in Washington, already had been postponed from June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.