Trump greets China’s Xi Jinping on arrival for three-day US trip

Trump takes rare step of meeting foreign leader at the airport, underscoring the significance of US-China relationship.

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United States President Donald Trump has welcomed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to Washington, DC, for a three-day visit and high-stakes talks on trade, Taiwan and artificial intelligence.

Xi’s landed at Joint Base Andrews, outside the US capital, on Wednesday as the Trump administration announced that the two countries have agreed to extend an 11-month trade deal that offered temporary relief from punishing tariffs.

Trump took the rare step of personally meeting Xi on his arrival, marking the first time in 11 years that a US president has greeted a foreign leader at the base, according to US media.