US and China Formalize 'AI Dialogue'; B-2 Bombers to Fly and Xi Jinping to Receive Highest-Level Welcome

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Three days ahead of the US-China summit, the two countries have agreed to establish an official consultative body to control AI risks. President Trump has previewed an unprecedentedly high level of hospitality for Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Reporting from Washington, here is correspondent Lee Hanseok.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced after holding high-level talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York that the US-China AI dialogue has been made official.

The two countries plan to hold follow-up talks in Shenzhen, China, where the APEC summit will be held in November, to discuss rules and protocols for responding to uncontrollable AI agents and cyber threats from non-state actors.

This is interpreted as an effort by the two nations to establish rules and procedures through the AI consultative body to prevent and respond to the risks posed by AI.

On the security front, intense pressure continued.

Secretary Bessent warned that operations of all Iranian airlines will be suspended starting just two days from now, and threatened that overseas airports providing fuel or landing services to them will be expelled from the dollar-based financial settlement network.

He then stated that financial authorities, including the People's Bank of China, are deeply involved in this process, publicly pressuring China to actively cooperate with the sanctions against Iran.

Meanwhile, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the US for the first time in 11 years, President Trump has previewed an extraordinary welcome.

On the afternoon of the 24th, President Trump will personally go to the airport to greet President Xi, and at the White House welcoming ceremony the following day, four of the US military's elite strategic bombers, the B-2, and F-22 Raptor fighter jets will perform a celebratory flyover.

First Lady Melania Trump will also accompany President Xi across three official events over three days, offering the highest level of diplomatic courtesy.

This is seen as a strategy to secure the upper hand in the upcoming negotiations by showing utmost hospitality to accommodate China, which places great importance on protocol, while simultaneously displaying overwhelming military might rooted in hegemony.

The US-China summit, scheduled to be held on September 24 local time, is expected to be a major turning point that will determine the future direction of global advanced technology, trade, and the security order in the Middle East.

(Video by Oh Jung-shik | Video Editing by Lee Seung-yeol)
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