Joe Biden-Xi call to be postponed until April

U.S. officials now believe that a phone call between President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping won't happen as soon as they had hoped, as ties between the world's two biggest economies continue to fray, according to people familiar with the matter.

China's leaders still haven't responded to U.S. requests to set up the call that American officials had said would take place soon after an annual meeting of the country's legislature, the National People's Congress, concluded March 13, said the people who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.

The people said that the U.S. now expects a call won't happen until after Taiwan's president passes through the U.S. in early April. That stop, which Chinese officials have already criticized, could include a meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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