Trump hails ‘truly great friendship’ with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader begins his state visit
The summit comes as the two sides extend a trade truce and discuss AI safeguards, with a state dinner planned for more than 100 guests.
- On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S. and China extended their one-year trade truce by two months to January 10, 2027, as President Donald Trump hailed a "truly great friendship" with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his state visit to Washington.
- China sought to extend the truce through January 2029, but U.S. officials proposed a shorter window because Beijing has been slow to fulfill past commitments on rare earth exports, soybeans and aircraft. Trump separately held off final approval for a $14 billion Taiwan arms package he called a "very good negotiating chip."
- Finance ministers met earlier this week to discuss a new "notification mechanism" for AI incidents designed to prevent accidental military escalation, while Xi announced inviting 100,000 American youth to study in China over five years and sending pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to Zoo Atlanta.
- Thursday's state dinner in the White House East Room hosted more than 130 guests including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple Chairman Tim Cook; First Lady Melania Trump served a pescatarian menu on Ronald Reagan-era china.
- Analysts expect limited tangible outcomes beyond the trade extension and AI threat discussions, with major breakthroughs unlikely as both leaders emphasized "strategic stability" despite persistent tensions over Taiwan, export controls and artificial intelligence.
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Xi Jinping, received with great respect by Donald Trump, took advantage of his visit to the White House to advocate peaceful coexistence between the two rival superpowers, while reaffirming his red lines on Taiwan. Artificial intelligence was also invited in the exchanges between the two leaders.
Xi attends state dinner hosted by Trump
President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China-US relations have come to another historical juncture as he attended a lavish state dinner at the White House hosted by his US counterpart Donald Trump. Making the remarks at the welcome banquet, Xi said he and Trump had in-depth discussions and reached "common understanding on many issues" that provided "new strategic guidance for China-US relations". "China and the United States must act as resp…
President Xi Jinping has underlined the need for China and the US to strengthen communication, cooperate with sincerity and coexist in peace, saying that achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and "making America great again" can go hand in hand.
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Xi Jinping attended a state dinner at the White House on Thursday along with CEOs from several tech giants.
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