Xi heads to Washington for Trump summit on Taiwan, trade and AI

Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first White House visit in a decade when he and President Trump meet on Thursday, followed by a state dinner tech leaders including Bezos, Pichai, Altman, Cook, Musk and Huang are expected to attend. The agenda spans rare-earth export curbs that China has suspended until November, a pending US arms package to Taiwan that Beijing wants delayed further, and AI cooperation; Washington also wants Chinese pressure on Iran to cut its oil sales. Neither side expects a breakthrough.

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