The world's two largest economies are attempting to preserve a fragile trade truce through high-level diplomatic talks this week. A coalition of 17 Democratic senators is pressing President Donald Trump to secure a formal pact with China to slow or halt the expansion of artificial intelligence during meetings with President Xi Jinping. Representative Ro Khanna, the lead Democrat on the China Committee, is concurrently holding a hearing to establish the required standards for a global AI safety framework.
Tensions remain focused on Taiwan and China's involvement in the Iran conflict, while a $30 billion tariff cut is scheduled to expire Nov 10. Trump's greeting of Xi at Joint Base Andrews marks the first time the president has welcomed a foreign official upon landing at the base. While US business leaders including Satya Nadella and Mark Zuckerberg will attend a White House state dinner, reports indicate Xi will not bring a corresponding delegation of corporate executives, reducing expectations for major business deals.
Key sources
- SUPPORT@reuters“Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are set to meet in Washington as tensions linger over issues ranging from trade to Taiwan”x.com
- SUPPORT@cnbc“Trump faces Xi as strains with allies complicate U.S. pressure on China”x.com
- SUPPORT@politico“A group of 17 Democratic senators are urging Trump to seek a formal agreement with China on slowing or pausing AI development”x.com
- SUPPORT@reprokhanna“convening an unprecedented hearing today on what it will take to reach an international AI safety agreement with China”x.com
- SOURCE@washingtonpost“three-day lavish summit aimed at preserving a fragile truce between the two superpowers”x.com
- SUPPORT@josh_wingrove“first time Trump has greeted an official landing at the base”x.com
- SUPPORT@business“will bring together a robust group of US corporate leaders, but there will not be a comparable delegation of Chinese executives”x.com
- SUPPORT@reuters“General Motors CEO Mary Barra is expected to attend US President Donald Trump's state dinner at the White House on September 24”x.com