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Xi's US state visit signals that, for Mr Trump at least, the G2 age has begun

President Donald Trump disputed that he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, contradicting an account from the US ambassador to China. Trump on Monday acted confused when a reporter asked him about Ambassador David Perdue's remarks over the weekend, suggesting the diplomat was confusing China with Taiwan. But then Trump said "maybe it's a good idea" to make such an offer to China. The whiplash over the prospect of arms sales from the US to its ascendant geopolitical rival underlines the Trump administration's often uncoordinated and contradictory approach to China, including Xi's pomp-filled state visit to Washington last week during which Trump appeared to get little in return on key issues. Perdue, speaking to Shannon Bream on Fox News Channel's "Fox News Sunday" days after the summit, didn't specify when the offer was made. But such a proposal, if realised, would upend generations of US policy toward China and Taiwan and expose US ..

The list for goods entering the US contains 77 entries, including fireworks, household products, sporting equipment and toys, according to documents published by both governments

The Trump-Xi summit yielded few substantive gains

The most significant news tied to the gathering was when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the two sides had extended a trade truce for another two months

Trump has welcomed Xi with fanfare this week, affording rare state visit honors to a counterpart considered one of America's biggest industrial and military rivals

Since coming to power in 2012, Xi has made bringing Taiwan under China's control a key goal and vowed to achieve it someday, by force if necessary

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks on trade, Taiwan and AI, extending a trade truce while highlighting differences over technology and strategic risks

China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday said one lakh young Americans will be invited to visit China for exchanges and study over the next five years. The announcement by Xi at the White House here came against the backdrop of a similar announcement made in 2023, under which 50,000 young Americans were invited for exchanges and study over a five-year period. The target was achieved this year ahead of schedule. "The hope of China-US relationship lies in our people, and its future lies with the young. I am glad to announce an invitation for 100,000 young Americans to visit China for exchanges and study in the coming five years," Xi said. The Chinese leader made a reference to the Second World War when Chinese and Americans fought "shoulder-to-shoulder" against the "fascist" aggression. "Chinese people have never forgotten that part of history, nor have the American people," Xi said. "Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, achieving the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation and maki

President Donald Trump has said that the US and China have "never gotten along better" as he reviewed bilateral ties with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. He asserted that the two countries can continue to build a relationship that promotes prosperity and security for future generations. Trump accorded a grand welcome, complete with military honours and a flyover by fighter jets, to Xi on Thursday, at the White House, followed by a meeting in the Oval Office that lasted over two hours. At the state dinner in the East Room of the White House, Trump and Xi raised a toast to the countries' relationship. "Americans and Chinese have always exchanged goods, knowledge, customs, and ideas. This has been the foundation of commerce and mutual respect between our countries, and together we can continue to build a relationship that promotes prosperity and security for future generations," Trump said. In his remarks, Xi said that China-US relations have come to another historical ...

"From the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship, a truly great friendship, actually, built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people," Trump said

For Trump, who relishes ceremony and prizes his ties ​with powerful leaders, the visit is as much a matter of national prestige as an opportunity for high-stakes diplomacy.

"A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big ​topic of discussion, but I ‌want to leave it exactly where it ​is," Trump wrote in a social media post,

China and the US should be partners, not rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted upon his arrival in Washington on Wednesday, and voiced confidence that the two can find a right way to get along in the new era. China and the US are both great countries, and the two peoples are both great peoples, Xi said in written speech, state run Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying. In a rare gesture, US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, when they landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday. Xi noted that he and Trump had agreed to build a China-US relationship of strategic stability during Trump's visit to China in May, which has provided guidance for the future development of bilateral ties. China and the US should work in the same direction, promote a stable relationship featuring cooperation as the mainstay, moderate competition, manageable differences, and promises of peace, Xi said. He said that the US and Chinese

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the US for a three-day state visit as Washington and Beijing extend their trade truce and prepare for high-level economic talks

For investors, the mutual exposure is a safety net giving both sides an interest in keeping relations steady, and holding expectations low for the Trump-Xi meeting to ‌break new ground.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US from September 23 to 25 at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Monday. Xi is scheduled to arrive in Washington on September 23 and hold summit talks with President Trump. According to a report in Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, Trump plans to accord a rare airport reception to Xi by personally receiving him on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews when the Chinese President arrives. The two leaders last met in Beijing in May during Trump's visit, when they held talks aimed at improving ties between the world's two largest economies.

Top officials from the US and China held "candid, in-depth and constructive" talks on economic and trade issues, including on AI, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, official media reported on Monday. The talks were held between Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and American Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in New York on Sunday, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Guided by the important consensus reached by the heads of state of the two countries, they have engaged in exchanges on important economic and trade issues of common concern, as well as the implementation of consensus reached in previous talks, by upholding the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, the report said. Xinhua said Bessent and the vice premier talked about issues "relating to AI" without mentioning specifics and also had "candid, in-depth and constructive" discussions on key economic and trade ...

The summit stands to bring together some of the most powerful figures in the technology world in the middle of an escalating debate over artificial intelligence and how to control the technology