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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