AI and Tariffs Expected on Agenda for US-China Summit; US AI CEOs to Attend State Dinner

Senior U.S. officials announced that artificial intelligence and a "tariff truce" will be on the agenda for next week's summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to AP, Reuters, and Kyodo News, the officials stated during a press briefing that the two leaders are expected to exchange views on "AI issues" and the "Busan truce" (the tariff agreement reached on the occasion of the 2025 APEC summit).

The AI issues are expected to include controversies over slowing down AI development—which recently emerged as a major topic amid debates over the "extinction of humanity"—and allegations of Chinese companies stealing U.S. AI technology.

Chief executive officers (CEOs) of big tech companies in AI and related fields, including Amazon's Jeff Bezos, OpenAI's Sam Altman, Apple's Tim Cook, Tesla's Elon Musk, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Dell Technologies' Michael Dell, will attend the state dinner scheduled for the 24th.

The Busan truce refers to the agreement made by President Trump and President Xi to seal off the expansion of the tariff war when they met separately in Busan on the occasion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in South Korea in late October of last year.

President Trump plans to personally greet President Xi at Joint Base Andrews near Washington on the 23rd, the day of his arrival, as President Xi visits Washington D.C. on a state visit for the summit.

This is extremely unusual for a U.S. president and signifies the highest level of courtesy toward President Xi.

Officials conveyed that the summit day on the 24th will proceed with an official welcoming ceremony at the White House, an honor guard review in the Rose Garden, and a state dinner.

President Xi will return to China on the 25th.

Ahead of President Xi's visit to the U.S., President Trump plans to hold bilateral meetings with leaders of major countries on the occasion of the UN General Assembly held in New York next week.

U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz stated during a briefing that the leaders President Trump will meet include British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, as well as Acting Venezuelan President Delsy Rodriguez.

This will be the first meeting between the U.S. and British leaders since Prime Minister Burnham took office in July.

It will also mark Rodriguez's first meeting with President Trump.

President Trump is also scheduled to hold talks with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, consisting of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

AP noted that these talks are being held as the U.S. faces difficulties in finding ways to end the Iran war, which has continued for over six months.
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