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Xi Jinping Arrives in Washington for First US State Visit in 11 Years
September 23, 2026 at 05:57 AM · Updated 23d ago
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11 reports · 5 in Arabic, 6 in English · over 14 hours
Xi Jinping arrives in Washington Wednesday for his first US state visit in 11 years, ahead of talks with Trump on trade, Taiwan and AI.
- Trump will greet Xi personally at Andrews Air Force Base, with a White House ceremony featuring a military flyover and nearly 500 personnel.
- A US-China trade truce reached in October 2025, suspending US tariffs and easing Beijing's rare-earth curbs, expires in November.
- Trump said the US leads China in AI and that he intends to keep it that way.
- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed an AI safety mechanism between Washington and Beijing after talks with Vice-Premier He Lifeng.
- Chinese ambassador Xie Feng warned that Taiwan and human rights are red lines for Beijing ahead of the summit.
- Beijing is pressing Washington over Taiwan weapon shipments while offering help on Iran.
- Trump and Xi are expected to agree on only limited AI safety cooperation, having both rebuffed calls to slow AI development.
- Climate change is expected to be absent from the summit agenda, which will focus on AI safety, trade, Taiwan and human rights.
- US-China bilateral trade fell 29 percent in 2025 as China recorded a $1.2 trillion global trade surplus.
- Xi Jinping's visit to the United States, which began Wednesday, will last until September 25.








