The U.S. has paused curbs on tech exports to China to avoid disrupting trade talks with Beijing and support President Donald Trump's efforts to secure a meeting with President Xi Jinping this year, the Financial Times said on Monday.

"The biggest piece in the trade deal puzzle still remains, and the Chinese are unlikely to be as willing to fold."

The president of Taiwan has been forced to delay a diplomatic trip abroad after the Trump administration blocked him from landing in the US.