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US-China Summit Concludes... Trump Says "Very Good Meeting"

US-China Summit Concludes... Trump Says "Very Good Meeting"
▲ U.S. President Donald Trump waves as Chinese President Xi Jinping departs the White House.

The high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which drew global attention, has concluded.

According to the White House press pool, President Xi left the White House at around 1:30 p.m. local time on the 24th.

President Xi arrived at the White House at around 10:10 a.m. that day, staying for nearly 3 hours and 20 minutes.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump warmly greeted President Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan when their vehicle arrived at the South Portico of the White House.

The two leaders then delivered remarks in the Grand Foyer of the White House, exchanged gifts, and attended an official welcome ceremony on the balcony.

Shortly afterward, the U.S.-China summit was held in the Oval Office, President Trump's official workplace.

Divided into a smaller-group meeting and an expanded meeting, the talks were held entirely behind closed doors, with photojournalists only permitted to take pictures at the very beginning.

The White House has not yet announced specific details regarding the outcome of the summit.

Following the meeting, the two leaders took a walk on the South Lawn of the White House and toured the newly completed helipad there.

President Trump also led President Xi inside Marine One, the U.S. presidential helicopter parked on the helipad.

President Trump later met with reporters and stated, "We had a very good meeting."

Reporters asked the two leaders whether they discussed issues such as Taiwan, artificial intelligence (AI), and jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, but neither President Trump nor President Xi reportedly answered.

As his schedule wrapped up, President Xi boarded his vehicle and left the White House, while President Trump repeatedly emphasized to reporters that it was "a very good meeting."

The two leaders are set to reunite this evening at a state dinner hosted at the White House in honor of President Xi.

On the 25th, before President Xi concludes his state visit to the U.S. and departs, the two leaders are scheduled to jointly visit the National Archives.

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