SUBMIT PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping|Picture Credit: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state see to the United States from September 23 to 25 at the invite of United States President Donald Trump, a Chinese Foreign Ministry representative revealed on Monday.
Xi is arranged to get here in Washington on September 23 and hold top talks with Trump, the authorities stated.
Ahead of the go to, leading authorities from the United States and China held “candid, in-depth and constructive” talks on financial and trade concerns, consisting of AI.
Leading authorities who led the Sunday talks in New York consisted of Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, China’s state-run Xinhua news firm reported.
Assisted by the crucial agreement reached by the presidents of the 2 nations, they have actually participated in exchanges on essential financial and trade problems of typical issue, along with the execution of agreement reached in previous talks, by promoting the concepts of shared regard, serene coexistence and win-win cooperation, the report stated.
Xinhua stated Bessent and the vice premier discussed concerns connecting to AI, without discussing specifics, and likewise had “candid, in-depth and constructive discussions” on essential financial and trade concerns. They likewise held discussions on AI-related problems, it stated.
Trump prepares to accord an unusual airport reception to Xi by personally getting him on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post previously reported.
The 2 leaders last satisfied in Beijing in May throughout Trump’s go to, when they held talks focused on enhancing ties in between the world’s 2 biggest economies.
The upcoming talks have actually presumed more significance versus the instant background of Trump signing a brand-new sanctions law that authorises tariffs of approximately 100 percent on nations purchasing Russian oil and gas, consisting of China and India.
Trump has likewise revealed a brand-new “AI Force” in a prospective escalation of the high-stakes innovation race in between the competing powers. In a social networks post on Saturday, Trump stated efforts at the “decimation, or destruction, of AI” were amongst the numerous scams produced by what he called the Radical Left Democrats.
Trump has actually likewise signed the Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 into law, which authorises broadened sanctions and tariffs targeting Russia and nations that purchase its energy exports.
China has actually turned down United States tries to enforce tariffs over its purchases of Russian oil and gas, stating regular trade cooperation in between nations ought to not go through disturbance by 3rd parties.
China participates in regular financial and trade cooperation with other nations based upon equality and shared advantage, Guo Jiakun informed press reporters recently.
China opposes long-arm jurisdiction and unilateral sanctions that have no basis in global law and do not have a UN Security Council required, he stated.
Regardless of the tariff risk, Washington and Beijing are likewise working out a mutual tariff decrease structure covering items worth USD 30 billion from each side, China’s commerce ministry stated.
The assessments intend to reach a mutual tariff decrease plan at the earliest possible date, ministry representative Huang Ling stated.
Ahead of the top, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio likewise held a telephone discussion on September 17, concentrating on top-level exchanges in between the 2 nations.
Released on September 21, 2026