Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, becoming the first foreign leader to visit Mr Trump since he unleashed tariffs on countries around the world.
However, Mr Trump and Mr Netanyahu have scrapped their plan for a joint news conference on Monday afternoon.
The White House did not offer any immediate explanation for why the news conference was cancelled, but Mr Trump and Mr Netanyahu were expected to make comments to reporters at the start of their scheduled Oval Office meeting.
Whether Mr Netanyahu’s visit succeeds in bringing down or eliminating Israel’s tariffs remains to be seen, but how it plays out could set the stage for how other world leaders try to address the new tariffs.