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Xi Jinping Pledges AI Governance Cooperation With Donald Trump, Raises Taiwan And Iran

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Trade truce extended by two months to January. Xi pledges AI safety governance cooperation with Trump during talks.

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Xi Jinping Pledges AI Governance Cooperation With Donald Trump, Raises Taiwan And Iran
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AI, Taiwan, Iran Talks

Xi Jinping and Donald Trump met face-to-face at the White House on Thursday, with Xi pledging Beijing would work with Washington to improve governance of artificial intelligence technologies and enhance cooperation. Xi raised Taiwan and Iran in the talks, and the Trump administration put a proposed US$14 billion arms package for Taiwan on hold since Trump’s summit with Xi in Beijing in May.

Xi told Trump China hopes the US will adhere to the correct position of opposing Taiwan independence and handle the Taiwan question with prudence, Xinhua reported. Xi also told Trump he hoped the US and Iran would return to dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible, and Xi said China supports the two countries in returning to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

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Hotline and Accountability

He Lifeng and Scott Bessent held their first dialogue on AI in New York on Sunday, and Bessent said both sides had agreed to launch a hotline to notify each other of AI safety incidents. Trump welcomed Xi to the White House for a state visit and said, “We represent different systems but the ties between our people endure and we’ve never gotten along better.”

Xi said Chinese and American interests are “deeply intertwined” and that the “competition should be a healthy one and should be kept within bounds.” Xi urged the US to oppose “Taiwan independence,” according to a readout from the official Chinese news agency, and the White House did not immediately provide its own summary of the talks.

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Trade Truce and Next Steps

Xi and Trump agreed to extend a trade truce until January 2027, after the two sides reached an agreement on new trade arrangements, according to one account of the visit. Trump said he discussed the war on Iran with Xi Jinping and repeated, “We did it, we did it,” while escorting Xi on a tour inside the National Archives Building in Washington.

Xi told Trump in their talks on Thursday that China hopes the US will adhere to opposing Taiwan independence, while the Trump administration’s arms package for Taiwan remained on hold. Xi and Trump agreed to continue meeting in the coming months, with Xi expecting two more meetings this year, the first in China in November and the second in the United States at the G20 summit in December.

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