Trump-Xi Jinping meeting highlights: Trump takes Xi inside presidential helicopter, says they had a 'great meeting'
US President Donald Trump said that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a “great meeting” at the White House. This blog is now closed. For live updates on Xi Jinping and Donald Trump's meeting, click here.
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Trump-Xi Jinping meeting highlights: Trump welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a high-profile summit as the two leaders sought to project stable US-China ties despite differences over AI, trade, Taiwan and the war with Iran.
The meeting marked Xi’s first visit to Washington in more than a decade and was the second meeting between the two leaders this year. The summit brought together the leaders of the world’s two largest economies amid several unresolved issues.
Speaking from the White House grand foyer, Trump highlighted his personal relationship with Xi and said the two countries had made progress on trade, news agency Reuters reported.
"During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and 'super intelligence,'" Trump said, referring to artificial intelligence. "The decisions we make in these areas today can promote peace and prosperity for decades and decades to come."
Xi said competition between the US and China should remain “healthy” and stay within limits. He also said China was ready to expand cooperation with the US in tackling illegal drugs and called for stronger coordination between the two countries’ militaries.
Xi Jinping in Washington
Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. He received a rare planeside welcome from US President Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump were at the military base to welcome Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, in an arrival ceremony. Xi is making his first state visit to Washington in over a decade.
The visit, which includes a formal state dinner at the White House on Thursday, comes as tensions remain high between the two geopolitical rivals over trade, artificial intelligence, Iran and Taiwan.
Trump pulls out all the stops
Trump has repeatedly praised Xi as a “great leader” and described their relationship as warm. During Trump's visit to China in May, Trump was welcomed in Beijing with a red carpet, a military honour guard, a military band and around 300 Chinese youths waving Chinese and American flags.
Melania Trump said her husband chose to greet Xi personally because “they have a great relationship.” “He's coming on our soil, and we need to welcome them with the most respect,” she said in an interview with Fox News.
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- 25 Sept 2026, 01:01:43 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi reiterates position on Taiwan after Trump meeting
China's Xi Jinping told Xinhua, China's state broadcaster, that he hoped the US would uphold the "correct position" on Taiwan's independence and handled the question "with prudence."
“China hopes that the United States will uphold the correct position of opposing ‘Taiwan independence,’” Xi told the outlet.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 11:57:29 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: White House bilateral talks end as Xi departs
Chinese President Xi Jinping left the West Wing of the White House around 1:30pm EDT after concluding the bilateral meeting with Trump Thursday. Trump saw off Xi as he left in his car. Trump had a brief interaction with the media after seeing Xi, where he described it as a "good meeting."
- 24 Sept 2026, 10:49:21 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump says he and China's Xi had a 'great meeting'
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a "great meeting" after the two leaders met at the White House.
Trump made the comments to reporters in response to shouted questions before the two boarded the Marine One helicopter on the White House grounds for a brief tour.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 10:14:18 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Two giant pandas from China will arrive in Atlanta Zoo soon, says Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said two giant pandas from China will soon reach Zoo Atlanta, describing the gentle animals as an "envoy of friendship".
"The giant panda has been an envoy of friendship between the Chinese and Americans," Xi said during his opening remarks at the White House with US President Donald Trump by his side.
Xi announced that Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, will soon travel to Atlanta as part of a giant panda conservation partnership.
"Here, I have a piece of good news. In a few days, two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will come to their new home in Zoo Atlanta and meet with the American people," Xi said.
Giant pandas have been a symbol of the US-China friendship ever since Beijing gifted a pair of pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. in 1972.
(PTI)
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:50:00 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: ‘China, US must hold line of no conflict, no confrontation,' says Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Calling on Washington and Beijing to "steer the giant ship of China–US relationship on a steady course," Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday (local time) delivered a broad address at the White House, urging healthy competition, mutual trust, and joint management of artificial intelligence alongside US President Donald Trump.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:36:29 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump and Xi observe US Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon review at White House
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping observed a United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon review at the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday (local time) alongside First Ladies Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan.
Designed as a key element of the official welcome, the military showcase set a formal tone for President Xi's high-profile state visit to the US.
Prior to this, Trump and the First Lady received the Chinese President and his wife at the White House, ahead of key bilateral talks.
(ANI)
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:33:35 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Two Pandas Will Arrive at Atlanta Zoo in a Few Days, Xi Says
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: A pair of giant pandas will soon arrive in Atlanta, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Thursday, the latest sign of stabilizing relations between China and the US.
“In a few days, two pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will come to their new home in Zoo Atlanta and meet with the American people,” Xi said in a speech at the White House during his first state visit to the US in 11 years.
Zoo Atlanta announced in April, weeks before President Donald Trump visited Beijing, that it reached an agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to receive two new pandas, though it did not provide a date for their arrival.
The new deal replaces the original one, which expired in 2024, Zoo Atlanta said. Four pandas left Atlanta for China in October of that year.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:26:20 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump vows to work towards forging better future; Xi says let's race, not wrestle
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump said he and Xi have forged a "truly great friendship" since his first election in 2016, built on mutual respect and the vital interest of "our people".
No major US TV network aired live footage of the Trump and Xi meeting or the ceremonies at the White House.
In his opening remarks, Xi said he was visiting the US at President Trump's invitation to "carry on our friendship, expand cooperation, and promote the well-being of both our peoples."
"We should coexist in peace. As I have said many times, China and the United States as two major countries stand to gain from cooperation and will both lose in confrontation," Xi said in the remarks delivered at the ceremony in the Grand Foyer of the White House.
He said the two countries should avoid the "Thucydides Trap," the theory that a rising power and an established power are likely to go to war.
"We do not need to avoid mentioning competition, but our competition should be a healthy one, and should be kept within bounds. It should be a race of catching up with one another, not a wrestle in which when either wins, or loses," Xi said.
"China and the US must hold the line of no conflict and no confrontation between us. We can certainly find the right path for our two great countries to get along on this planet. Our two militaries should maintain regular dialogue and improve mechanisms for crisis communication and prevention. The Thucydides Trap can be overcome," he said.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 08:55:31 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US, China must steer clear of 'conflict' and 'confrontation,' says Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping said the US and China must avoid “conflict” and “confrontation”.
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:53:10 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi and Trump call for peace in lavish White House state visit
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi Jinping called Thursday for the United States and China to manage their superpower rivalry and keep AI under human control as President Donald Trump gave his Chinese counterpart a lavish welcome at the White House
Trump shook hands with Xi at the start of a day full of pomp and pageantry, but their talks will focus on tense issues -- particularly how to handle the rising challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
The 80-year-old US president hailed what he called his "truly great friendship" with the Chinese leader, with whom he has met three times since returning to power last year.
"Working together, President Xi and I have made tremendous strides on the issues facing our two countries," Trump said.
"During this visit, we will also discuss pressing issues concerning security, technology, and super intelligence -- SI."
But while billionaire Trump has repeatedly dismissed fears that AI could pose a threat to humanity, Xi took a more measured tone on the issue.
"We have both the capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good and ensure that the development of AI is always under human control," he said at the White House.
Xi added that the two countries had a "historic responsibility of advancing human development and progress" and should "strengthen communication."
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- 24 Sept 2026, 08:32:20 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China, US have responsibility to 'manage AI for good', Xi says
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China and the US have the "capability and responsibility to develop and manage AI for good" and make sure that AI's development remains under human control, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday during his visit to Washington.
(Reuters)
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:29:03 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: 'China will send two pandas to a zoo in Atlanta,' says Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping said China will send two pandas to a zoo in Atlanta, describing them as “envoys of friendship”, according to AP.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 08:28:46 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi says China's door is open, US firms are welcome to invest
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s door remains open and that US companies are welcome to invest in the country.
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:28:28 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi says US, China should 'strengthen communication'
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping said the US and China should “strengthen communication".
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- 24 Sept 2026, 08:27:58 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US, China have 'historic responsibility' to further human development, says Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the world's two biggest economies to "strengthen communication" as he arrived at the White House on Thursday, adding that the rivals have a shared responsibility to advance human development.
"China and the United States, as two major countries, shoulder a historic responsibility of advancing human development and progress," he said. "We should strengthen communication."
(AFP)
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:05:07 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump hails 'truly great friendship' with Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump hailed his "great friendship" with Xi Jinping on Thursday as he gave the Chinese leader a lavish welcome to the White House for a historic state visit.
"President Xi and I have forged a friendship -- a truly great friendship, actually -- built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people," Trump said as he and Xi delivered remarks in the White House.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 07:03:01 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump to fete Xi with lavish White House welcome
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry with one goal -- keeping the fragile peace between the rival superpowers.
Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac after his arrival on Wednesday, the first time in more than six decades that a US president has welcomed a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews near Washington.
He will lay on more pomp and ceremony for Xi on Thursday, treating him to a formal welcome on the White House South Lawn, a military flyover, talks in the Oval Office and finally a grand state banquet.
But the lavish welcome masks deep tensions over thorny topics including the trade war between the world's top two economies, artificial intelligence and Beijing's diplomatic and economic support for Iran.
(AFP)
- 24 Sept 2026, 06:19:33 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump says he'll discuss AI with Xi but wants to 'leave it exactly where it is'
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump said artificial intelligence will be a "big topic of discussion" when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, but said both leaders wanted to leave things as they are.
"A big day with President Xi of China. Super Intelligence (SI) will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is," Trump wrote in a social media post, using his preferred term for artificial intelligence.
"That is China’s position also. Our guardrail is the DOJ!" Trump said, referring to the Department of Justice.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 04:10:25 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump's welcome of Xi was a first of its kind in 11 years
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Donald Trump greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on arrival on Wednesday evening, the first time a US president has welcomed a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews in 11 years, when President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis in 2015, according to C-SPAN, which tracks presidential events.
- 24 Sept 2026, 04:00:39 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump wants Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai to be freed from prison, report says
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington to a rare planeside welcome from his US counterpart, Donald Trump.
As Xi walked down a long red carpet on the airport tarmac, a White House spokesperson said that Trump believes Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai should be released from prison and "wants to see that happen," the DPA news agency reported.
"The United States urges the authorities to grant Mr Lai humanitarian parole," DPA quoted the spokesperson as saying.
Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon, was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier in the year under the National Security Law that China imposed in 2020 following massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
At a congressional hearing in Washington last week, Lai's son, Sebastien, repeated his appeal for his father's release.
Trump raised the issue of Lai's release when he met Xi in Beijing in May, but the US leader said the Chinese president told him Lai's case "would be a tough one."
On Tuesday, the US outlet Politico reported that British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has asked Trump to discuss the release of Lai, a British citizen, with Xi.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 02:35:53 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese defence ministry urges 'extreme caution' over arms sales to Taiwan ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: The United States should take "extreme caution" over any arms sales to Taiwan, a Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday ahead of a summit in Washington between President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping.
(Reuters)
- 24 Sept 2026, 02:15:00 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China stocks post biggest one-day drop in a month on Trump-Xi summit caution
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China stocks logged their worst day in a month on Thursday as investors remained sceptical that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington would produce a broader breakthrough.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 01:22:56 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: What Chinese President said on US arrival
China and the US should be "partners, not rivals", Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted upon arriving in Washington, and he expressed confidence that the two can find a way to get along in the new era.
In a rare gesture, US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, greeted Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, when they landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday.
Trump welcomed Xi at the airport as the US Air Force band marched on the tarmac and the US and Chinese flags flew.
In a written speech upon arrival, Xi extended sincere greetings and best wishes to the US people on behalf of the Chinese people, Xinhua reported.
China and the US are "both great countries, and their peoples are great as well," Xi said, adding that the two peoples have maintained friendly exchanges for a long time and that their interests are deeply intertwined.
China and the US "should be partners, not rivals," he said, noting that the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and making America great again can go hand in hand, and that the two countries can help each other succeed and advance the well-being of the whole world.
- 24 Sept 2026, 12:46:37 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President's pageantry masks deep tensions
US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry with one goal -- keeping the fragile peace between the rival superpowers.
Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac after his arrival on Wednesday, the first time in more than six decades that a US president has welcomed a foreign political leader at Joint Base Andrews near Washington.
He will lay on more pomp and ceremony for Xi on Thursday, treating him to a formal welcome on the White House South Lawn, a military flyover, talks in the Oval Office and finally a grand state banquet.
But the lavish welcome masks deep tensions over thorny topics, including the trade war between the world's top two economies, artificial intelligence and Beijing's diplomatic and economic support for Iran.
Xi urged cooperation in comments reported by Chinese state media shortly after his arrival, saying that China and the United States should be "partners rather than rivals."
The Chinese president added that he was looking "forward to in-depth exchanges with President Trump on major issues concerning our bilateral relations and the global situation."
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- 24 Sept 2026, 12:39:18 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President's itinerary
Thursday, September 24: Trump-Xi talks and state dinner
Thursday is expected to be the main day of the Trump-Xi summit.
Trump will welcome Xi and Peng at the White House before the two presidents move to the Rose Garden for a military review and begin their bilateral meeting. Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan are expected to attend a separate event in the Washington area.
The talks are expected to cover a broad range of issues, including:
US-China trade and tariffs
Artificial intelligence and technology
Taiwan
Rare-earth minerals
Iran and the Middle East
Russia-Ukraine war
Military-to-military ties
US arms sales to Taiwan
The leaders are also expected to discuss the future of the two countries' trade relationship. Washington and Beijing are negotiating a reciprocal tariff-reduction framework covering about $30 billion in products from each side, according to the supplied material.
State dinner at the White House
On Thursday evening, Trump and Melania will host Xi and Peng for a state dinner in the East Room of the White House.
The dinner is expected to include prominent technology and business leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Trump and Xi are expected to speak at the beginning of the dinner.
Friday, September 25: Tea, National Archives visit and departure
Xi's final day in Washington will include a more ceremonial schedule.
Trump and Melania will host Xi and Peng for private tea at the White House. The two presidential couples will then travel to the National Archives in Washington.
They are expected to view historic US founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
After the National Archives visit, Xi and Peng will return to Joint Base Andrews, from where they will depart the United States.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 12:00:31 PM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump wants Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai to be freed from prison, report says
Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Washington to a rare planeside welcome from his US counterpart, Donald Trump.
As Xi walked down a long red carpet on the airport tarmac, a White House spokesperson said that Trump believes Hong Kong democracy advocate Jimmy Lai should be released from prison and "wants to see that happen," the DPA news agency reported.
"The United States urges the authorities to grant Mr Lai humanitarian parole," DPA quoted the spokesperson as saying.
Lai, a 78-year-old media tycoon, was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier in the year under the National Security Law that China imposed in 2020 following massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
At a congressional hearing in Washington last week, Lai's son, Sebastien, repeated his appeal for his father's release.
Trump raised the issue of Lai's release when he met Xi in Beijing in May, but the US leader said the Chinese president told him Lai's case "would be a tough one."
On Tuesday, the US outlet Politico reported that British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has asked Trump to discuss the release of Lai, a British citizen, with Xi.
- 24 Sept 2026, 11:11:54 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Who will attend the state dinner? Check full guest list
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will sit down for talks at the White House on Thursday. The meeting will be followed by a high-profile state dinner attended by some of the biggest names in American technology and business.
The dinner, hosted by Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in the White House's East Room, will be part of Xi's three-day US visit. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, would be the guests of honour, the White House said. Read here.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 11:04:08 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US unveils two-month truce extension as Xi lands for summit
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the US and China have sealed a two-month extension to their trade truce, as Xi Jinping landed in America for his first state visit in eleven years.
Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, a celebrated soprano, touched down at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington shortly before 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Donald Trump shook hands with the couple, becoming the first US president in six decades to receive a foreign counterpart at that airport, excluding visits by the Pope.
- 24 Sept 2026, 10:48:36 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump's welcome of Xi was a first of its kind in 11 years
Donald Trump greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on arrival on Wednesday evening, the first time a US president has welcomed a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews in 11 years, when President Barack Obama welcomed Pope Francis in 2015, according to C-SPAN, which tracks presidential events.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 10:16:29 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Taiwan thanks US for its support ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Taiwan's government on Thursday thanked the US for its support and said it was maintaining communications ahead of a summit in Washington between President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and reiterated on Wednesday that the topic was a "red line" that the US must not cross. The US is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties.
Xi is expected to press Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales altogether during his visit to Washington, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. Xi arrived in Washington on Wednesday ahead of the summit on Thursday.
- 24 Sept 2026, 10:09:42 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China, Hong Kong stocks slip as investors weigh summit outcome
China and Hong Kong stocks extended losses on Thursday as investors remained sceptical that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington would produce a broader breakthrough.
China's blue-chip CSI300 Index fell 1.3% by the lunch break, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost roughly 1%.
Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index was down 0.5%.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 10:02:55 AM IST
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:42:13 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: How does India view the summit?
New Delhi has historically been comfortable with managed competition between the US and China. The Joe Biden administration’s description of China as the "pacing challenge" for US foreign policy raised India’s importance to Washington. In his second term, Trump has kept up some competition with China, particularly on the economic and technological front.
His administration has also largely dropped the framing of China as America’s prime geopolitical threat, including in its 2025 National Security Strategy, and has sought stable ties with Beijing. Trump has publicly warned Taiwan against independence and was lukewarm in backing Japan during a recent confrontation with China over the island.
A more accommodating policy towards China may leave Washington with less need for countries such as India to balance power in Asia, with some observers asking whether New Delhi’s importance to the US has somewhat declined under this administration.
India and others are also wary of Trump’s periodic support for a G2. The idea, much maligned in Washington these days, is that the US and China, as the only two superpowers, get to settle the world’s most pressing problems between them. It could mean America subordinating the concerns of countries such as India, which has a territorial dispute with China, to its need for stable relations with Beijing. Nonetheless, that remains a remote prospect, given the depth of strategic competition and distrust between the two.
“At the central core of China’s perspective of the United States is the deepest possible distrust and the belief in the ultimate malevolence of the United States as a global actor that is the animating feature of your central interlocutors in Beijing more generally and that comes through in some of these discussions,” said Kurt Campbell, former US deputy secretary of state and now chairman of The Asia Group.
India and other Asian nations will watch the summit and its aftermath closely for signs of whether the truce holds, whether the two superpowers achieve substantial breakthroughs that bring more stability and predictability to their ties, or whether the summit falls short of expectations and a more hostile relationship resumes.
“Asian colleagues and senior strategists like their US-China relationship the way they like their morning porridge – not too hot, not too cold. They do not like it when the United States and China veered toward confrontation and public threats. But on the other hand, they probably become equally, but in a different way, unnerved by signs of condominium. That somehow the United States and China will make common cause – in a way, making decisions over the heads of other countries in the Indo-Pacific,” Campbell added.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:40:16 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President, first lady's rare gesture
When Xi Jinping and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan disembarked from their plane in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania waited at the foot of the ladder.
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:36:58 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi Jinping's huge motorcade in Washington DC
Chinese President Xi Jinping rolled through Washington DC in a huge motorcade on Wednesday local time. According to reports, US President Donald Trump went back toward Marine One, while Xi went by car.
Two leaders have prompted two security bubbles, and the US capital is locked down so neither column has to share a road.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:31:34 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Major tech, AI executives to dine with Trump, Xi
As the US and China race to develop more capable AI, discussion of the technology is set to be on the menu on Thursday.
Some of the most notable names in tech, including Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Tim Cook of Apple, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Jensen Huang of Nvidia, are expected to be dining with President Trump and Xi Jinping.
Also set to attend are Jeff Bezos, chairman of Amazon, Elon Musk, boss of Tesla and SpaceX, Sundar Pichai, boss of Google, Michael Dell, of Dell computers, and Jane Fraser, boss of Citi bank, representatives of the White House said.
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:27:13 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China's yuan slips as investors await Trump-Xi talk details
China's yuan dipped against the dollar on Thursday, as rising near-term Federal Reserve rate hike expectations drove the greenback higher, while cautious investors awaited the outcome of the Trump-Xi summit in Washington. The US dollar rallied to its highest level in nearly two months overnight as investors' expectations of a near-term rate hike grew, pushing benchmark 10-year Treasury yields to their highest since 2007.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:17:39 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Will Iran be a topic in the talks? Trump says this
On being asked what he will talk about with Chinese President Xi on Iran, US President Donald Trump says, "We'll see. I'll be talking about that and many other subjects, but it's also coming along well, including that."
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:13:36 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: State dinner, White House talks, private tea on agenda
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi will receive a ceremonial welcome at the White House on Thursday before meeting Trump and attending a black-tie state dinner. On Friday, Xi and Peng are scheduled to have private tea with the Trumps and visit the National Archives.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:12:32 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trade, AI, Taiwan on agenda for Trump-Xi talks
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump and Xi are expected to discuss tariffs, technology, artificial intelligence, military ties and US arms sales to Taiwan. The Russia-Ukraine war, conflicts in the Middle East and the space arms race are also expected to figure in their talks.
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:12:06 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Red carpet, military honours for Xi
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi and Peng walked down a 100-foot red carpet as a 21-member honour cordon stood at attention. The US Air Force Band played the US and Chinese national anthems, while ceremonial cannon fire and a flypast by two B-1 bombers marked the arrival.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:11:28 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump gives Xi rare airport welcome, first since 1962
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcomed Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at Joint Base Andrews. It was the first time since 1962 that a US president had welcomed a foreign leader at an airport, when John F Kennedy received British PM Harold Macmillan.
- 24 Sept 2026, 09:10:33 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi Jinping's 2nd meet with Trump in six months
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday for a three-day US visit. It is his second summit with President Donald Trump in less than six months, with trade, technology, AI, Taiwan and global conflicts expected to dominate talks.
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- 24 Sept 2026, 09:08:59 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump calls Xi, Chinese delegation ‘tremendous people’
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump said the welcome for Chinese President Xi Jinping was well received, calling Xi and his delegation “tremendous people” after greeting them at a state ceremony in Washington.
- 24 Sept 2026, 08:55:22 AM IST
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China, US should be ‘partners, not rivals’, Xi tells Trump
Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that China and the US should be “partners, not rivals” as he arrived in Washington for a three-day state visit, expressing confidence that the two countries can find the right way to coexist in a new era.
“China and the US are both great countries, and the two peoples are both great peoples,” Xi said in a written speech, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
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