Pageantry For Trump-Xi Summit Will Mask Feud Over AI Race
US President Donald Trump is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington for a state visit focused on diplomatic relationship management. Despite the high-profile pageantry, both nations have lowered expectations for major policy breakthroughs regarding trade, Taiwan, and the artificial intelligence race.
Why it matters
The meeting highlights the ongoing geopolitical tension between the world's two largest economies as they navigate competition in critical technologies like AI and rare earth minerals.
Donald Trump welcomes Xi Jinping to Washington for a state visit focused more on pageantry than policy, with low expectations for breakthroughs on long-standing feuds between the world's biggest economies.Xi and his wife, former military singer Peng Liyuan, will be greeted by Trump on Wednesday evening, marking the first time in recent memory that a US president has received his Chinese counterpart on an American airport tarmac. Meetings spanning thorny issues including trade and Taiwan will follow, along with a state dinner -- the second of Trump's current term -- before farewells on Friday. The trip is Xi's first state visit to the US capital since 2015. Both sides have lowered expectations for either breakthroughs or bust-ups.
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