Politics
Xi to make US state visit, trade and AI on agenda
September 21, 2026 at 12:59 PM · Updated 25d ago
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 12 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
الصين تدرس استئناف واردات الغاز الأمريكي ضمن محادثات التجارة مع واشنطن
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
الرئيس الصيني يزور أمريكا الأربعاء والنزاع التجاري والذكاء الاصطناعي على الطاولة
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الرئيس الصيني يزور أميركا من 23 إلى 25 سبتمبر
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BNBBC News
US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit
(opens the publisher’s site)China's Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday that President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to the United States on September 23–25 at President Trump's invitation.
- The visit follows Trump's state visit to Beijing in May, when he extended the invitation.
- Trump will greet Xi at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Wednesday, ahead of their talks the following day.
- Trump told reporters Sunday he will discuss "almost everything" with Xi during the visit.
- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed Sunday creating a communication channel on AI-related concerns.
- Bessent described Sunday's AI talks with He Lifeng as successful and said they laid groundwork for the Trump-Xi summit.
- Beijing is considering resuming imports of American liquefied natural gas worth about $6 billion a year as part of trade talks ahead of Xi's visit to Washington.