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US allies reinforce ties with Trump ahead of Xi summit

US allies in the Indo-Pacific moved to reinforce their ties with Washington this week as President Donald Trump prepared to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House, putting regional security, economic competition and Taiwan high on the diplomatic agenda. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi......

Xi Jinping begins state visit to the United States amid trade and geopolitical tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping is beginning a three-day state visit to the United States from September 23 to 25, marking a major diplomatic encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump at a time when relations between the world’s two largest economies remain shaped by trade disputes and geopolitical......

Xi may revive a 44-year-old US-China agreement in talks with Trump over Taiwan

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to raise the long-standing dispute over US arms sales to Taiwan when he meets President Donald Trump in Washington this week, potentially bringing a decades-old US-China agreement back to the centre of bilateral discussions. According to people familiar with......

US and China fail to extend trade truce ahead of Xi’s Washington visit

The United States and China have failed to reach an agreement on extending their trade truce, leaving several key economic issues unresolved just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. The leaders are scheduled to hold their summit on September......

US proposes AI incident notification mechanism with China

The United States has proposed establishing a bilateral notification mechanism with China to alert each other about artificial intelligence incidents that could have national security implications, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after high-level talks with Chinese officials in New York. The proposal......

Xi Jinping to make state visit to the United States at Trump’s invitation

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to the United States from September 23 to 25 for a state visit at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, Beijing’s Foreign Ministry announced on September 21. The visit will bring the two leaders together for their second face-to-face summit of the......

Tech leaders set to join Trump’s dinner for Xi Jinping

Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are expected to attend a White House state dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader’s upcoming visit to Washington. The event is scheduled for September......

Could AI destroy humanity? Trump dismisses the threat as a hoax

The debate over the risks posed by artificial intelligence is intensifying, with technology executives, political leaders and international institutions calling for greater safeguards around the development of increasingly powerful AI systems. US President Donald Trump, however, has dismissed warnings......

Trump openly acknowledges US spying on China ahead of Xi Jinping visit

US President Donald Trump has openly acknowledged that Washington conducts intelligence operations against China, saying the United States spies on Beijing because Chinese authorities do the same to America. The unusually direct statement has brought a normally sensitive aspect of relations between the......