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United States And Mexico Postpone USMCA Talks As Xi Jinping Visits Washington
Fourth round of USMCA talks with Mexico postponed due to Xi Jinping's Washington visit. No new date planned for resumption of USMCA negotiations.
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Xi visit reshuffles talks
The United States and Mexico postponed the fourth round of negotiations over the USMCA because Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington took priority, with no new date planned for the early part of next week. Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Economy, said, “We agreed with the United States that in the coming weeks we will announce when the fourth round will take place,” as U.S. authorities requested the delay.
“The fourth round of negotiations between the United States and Mexico over the USMCA will have to wait.”
Scott Bessent announced that the United States and China agreed to extend their trade truce until January, the same day Xi arrived in Washington to meet Donald Trump. Bessent said the two countries agreed to extend until January 10 the “Busan agreement,” reached last year to curb tariff escalation between the world’s two largest economies.
Red carpet and the truce
Donald Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two countries agreed to extend the truce through January 10. Bessent told Fox News’ “Special Report” that the deal would extend the truce through January 10, after it had been set to expire on November 10.
Xi arrived at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington, and Trump greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, on the tarmac before the formal meeting they will hold Thursday at the White House. The welcome ceremony included a military band playing and cannons blasting, as a B-1 military bomber flew overhead during the leaders and their wives’ handshake and photo moment.
AI, Iran, and Taiwan
The summit agenda centered on trade and artificial intelligence, and the United States proposed a mutual notification mechanism for incidents involving AI tools going out of control within what it called the “US-China Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence.” David Sacks described the planned reception for Xi as “truly unprecedented,” saying the level of welcome planned for Xi is not usually granted even to U.S. allies.
“David Sacks, a senior fellow in Asian studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, described the lavish welcome planned by Trump as “truly unprecedented.””
The Iran file remained a key dispute, with the United States signaling secondary sanctions that could deprive entities continuing to trade with Iran of access to the U.S. financial system and the dollar. The Taiwan issue also stayed on the agenda, as the United States and China faced disagreements while a state dinner at the White House on Thursday and talks in the Oval Office were scheduled during Xi’s visit.