Trump-Xi Washington Summit 2026

The Trump-Xi Washington summit on September 24, 2026, came after New York talks between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier Li-Feng He on September 20. Those talks broadened beyond tariffs and rare earths to include AI safety, energy, Iran war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first state visit to the US since 2015, with the Trump administration rolling out high-level welcoming ceremonies, a state dinner, and other diplomatic pomp. But industry observers and think tanks say the real goal is not to settle structural disputes over trade, AI, rare earths, and Taiwan in one shot, but to keep US-China competition from spiraling further out of control.

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Tuesday 29 September 2026

Trump-Xi state dinner puts tech titans at the head table, spotlighting Taiwan's quiet supply chain clout

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived at the White House on the evening of September 24 US time to attend...

Saturday 26 September 2026

US and Chinese accounts of Xi's Washington visit agree on the framework, not the fine print

Chinese President Xi Jinping's September 23-25 state visit to Washington ended without a joint statement, leaving the White House fact sheet and Beijing's official readouts as the...

Saturday 26 September 2026

Trump-Xi summit yields few concessions but keeps the rivals talking

Neither Washington nor Beijing gave much ground during Chinese President Xi Jinping's September 23-25 state visit, and analysts in both countries largely agree. The summit did deliver...

Friday 25 September 2026

Dutch PM presses US to avoid tighter ASML China curbs

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten is pressing Washington to avoid another round of export restrictions on ASML's China business as US lawmakers pursue legislation that could tighten...

Friday 25 September 2026

Trump-Xi summit leaves rare-earth issue unresolved amid yttrium supply squeeze

The Trump-Xi summit left rare-earth supplies among the unresolved issues in US-China economic relations, as the US and Japan confront uneven access to yttrium, a little-known rare-earth...

Friday 25 September 2026

Trump-Xi state dinner draws tech titans but no Chinese CEOs

The White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping on September 24 brought together many of the biggest names in US technology, while no Chinese business executives appeared...

Friday 25 September 2026

Trump, Xi back AI talks as hotline details remain unclear

The US and China have brought artificial intelligence into their bilateral economic dialogue and received leader-level backing to continue talks. Still, details of an AI safety hotline...

Thursday 24 September 2026

China AI's new moat: low-cost models meet a rapidly localising hardware stack

China's AI industry is moving beyond policy-driven technological catch-up into a new phase centered on commercialization and ecosystem competition. Localization is no longer confined...

Thursday 24 September 2026

Xi-Trump summit masks AI rift as Chinese AI leaders stay away

Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to make his first state visit to the US since 2015, with the Trump administration rolling out high-level welcoming ceremonies, a state dinner and...

Thursday 24 September 2026

Xi's US visit stirs alarm over a possible Chinese auto push into America

Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the US is heightening anxiety across the global auto industry, where suppliers, dealers, and...

Thursday 24 September 2026

Trump-Xi pre-summit watch: H20 setbacks and Ascend gains reshape China's Nvidia calculus

Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, the key semiconductor question is no longer simply how much Nvidia hardware Washington will allow China to buy.

Thursday 24 September 2026

Trump-Xi pre-summit watch: China charts a sovereignty-first path for frontier AI

When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping discuss artificial intelligence, the deeper divide may not be over whether AI needs rules, but over what those rules are designed to protect.

Wednesday 23 September 2026

US, China diverge on AI guardrails ahead of Trump-Xi summit

The US and China are moving toward different models for governing increasingly capable artificial intelligence, even as the US proposes...

Wednesday 23 September 2026

With Xi's Washington visit incoming, trade data show how the tariff war has reshaped US-China tech flows

When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets US President Donald Trump at the White House on September 24, trade will be the most measurable...

Tuesday 22 September 2026

China prepares business delegation as Xi seeks steadier US trade ties

China is preparing a business delegation for President Xi Jinping's Washington visit as Beijing pursues more predictable trade relations...

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