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Trump hails ‘truly great friendship’ with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader begins his state visit

The leaders agreed to a two-month extension of the trade truce as they discussed artificial intelligence safeguards and other bilateral issues, officials said.

  • On Thursday, President Donald Trump hailed the "truly great friendship" he has forged with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader began his state visit to Washington, marking Xi's first trip to the capital in over a decade.
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday that the United States and China agreed to extend their one-year trade truce by two months until January 10, providing time for further economic negotiations amid broader strategic competition.
  • During the state dinner, Xi announced China will invite 100,000 American youth for exchanges over five years and send two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, to the Atlanta Zoo as an "envoy of friendship."
  • Finance ministers proposed a new "notification mechanism" for artificial intelligence incidents between the two nations, while Trump holds off on final approval of a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan to maintain negotiating leverage.
  • Xi warned against the "Thucydides trap" and urged competition remain a "healthy race," not conflict, as both leaders emphasized stability and mutual prosperity despite underlying tensions over Taiwan, trade and artificial intelligence.
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Xi Jinping attended a state dinner at the White House on Thursday along with CEOs from several tech giants.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized the long history of exchanges between the two countries and expressed their commitment to the stable development of U.S.-China relations at a state dinner at the White House on the 24th (local time). While the dinner was attended by a large number of CEOs from major U.S. Big Tech, financial, and defense companies, the Chinese side

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Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sent messages from the White House in favor of cooperation and stability, after their talks on the course of US-China relations. The American president said that the two countries "have never been better", while the Chinese leader called on the two sides to seek "a new way of great countries to coexist". Dinner with more than 100 guests - Xi's reception at the White House The official dinner held at the White House w…

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WPLG broke the news in Miami, United States on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
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