Trump-Xi Jinping highlights: Trump, Xi visit US National Archives as Chinese leader wraps up 3-day Washington visit

Trump-Xi Jinping meeting highlights: Trump told Xi that any Chinese help to Iran would be “totally unacceptable”, the US ambassador to China said.

President Donald Trump with China's President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Xi Jinping-Trump meeting highlights: US President Donald Trump said his meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was “very productive”, adding that “tremendous things will be happening”, without elaborating further. The US ambassador to China earlier told CNBC that Trump and Xi had held very “open, candid” talks....Read More

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• 25 Sept 2026, 10:15:25 PM IST

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• 25 Sept 2026, 10:15:14 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meet: Key highlights

  📌Trump and Xi held a bilateral meeting at the White House lasting several hours on Thursday. Trade, technology and the broader US-China relationship were among the issues in focus during the summit.

  📌The extension of the US-China trade truce by two months emerged as one of the clearest economic outcomes around the summit. Analysts cited in the material described the extension as a modest development rather than a major breakthrough.

  📌Breaking the norm, Trump welcomed Xi at Joint Base Andrews on September 23. No sitting US president had personally greeted a foreign leader arriving in Washington at the airport for 64 years.

  📌US President Donald Trump, during his landmark Beijing meeting with Xi Jinping in May, was accompanied by a delegation of top American tech executives, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and then-Apple CEO Tim Cook. Xi did not do the same, with Cui Hongjian, an international relations scholar with Beijing Foreign Studies University, telling CNN that Beijing may have felt it wasn’t the right time for a prominent display of Chinese CEOs.

  📌Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday appeared to push US President Donald Trump for a subtle change in stance on Taiwan. Xi told Trump in Washington on Thursday that he hoped the US would adhere to the "correct position" of opposing Taiwan independence, according to a Chinese readout of the talks, Reuters news agency reported.

  📌Trump held “open” and “candid” talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the US ambassador to China told CNBC. The US envoy said that during their conversation, Trump had told Xi that any Chinese help to Iran would be “totally unacceptable.”

  📌Trump said the US and China had made “tremendous strides” at a summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, who touted two more potential meetings between them this year. Xi said the relationship between the countries would be a “constructive one of strategic stability."

• 25 Sept 2026, 09:16:55 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi invites Trump, wife Melania to China

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi said he expects to meet Trump two more times this year. Xi extended an invite for Trump and his wife, Melania, to go to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, in November. He noted that they could meet again a month later at the G20 summit at the Trump National Doral Miami golf club in Florida.

• 25 Sept 2026, 09:16:07 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi says he expects to see Trump again as he wraps Washington visit

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi is expected to depart Washington after touring the nation's vault of records, where the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are held. The two leaders have made a show of working to preserve harmony between the world's two largest economies, though there were no major breakthroughs on issues such as trade or the safety of artificial intelligence.

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• 25 Sept 2026, 08:43:41 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: ‘Tremendous strikes for both countries,’ says Trump on meetings with Xi

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: On his meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump said the leaders had made “tremendous strides for both countries”, Reuters news agency reported.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:41:19 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi says agreed with Trump to add new substance to US-China ties

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday said he had agreed with US President Donald Trump on adding “new substance” to the US-China relationship, Reuters news agency reported.

• 25 Sept 2026, 07:52:26 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump says Xi agreed on calling AI ‘super intelligence’

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US President Donald Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said Chinese President Xi Jinping “seemed to like” referring to artificial intelligence as “super intelligence.”

  “Like almost everyone else, he seemed to like calling the poorly and inaccurately named Artificial Intelligence to a far more accurate and important name, SUPER INTELLIGENCE. That would be “SUPER!”” Trump said.

• 25 Sept 2026, 07:14:08 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Details on America-China trade talks to come on Monday, says US trade representative

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: United States trade representative Jamieson Greer on Friday said America is expected to release details on the outcome of trade negotiations with China on Monday, Reuters news agency reported.

  “We're in a managed trade situation ... we've had progress, and we will release on Monday, I think, a lot more details about what we've accomplished over the past few weeks in negotiating with the Chinese,” Greer told CNBC. “We've actually reached agreement with the Chinese on a number of these things in areas where, you know if we have trade disputes in the future or if there are tariff measures in the future, we just leave those things to the side,” he added.

• 25 Sept 2026, 07:01:34 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump calls meeting with Xi ‘very productive’, says ‘tremendous things will be happening’

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very productive meeting" with Chinese President Xi Jinping and that “tremendous things will be happening”, without elaborating on the remarks further.

• 25 Sept 2026, 06:32:04 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Chinese President to wrap his visit to Washington with a peek at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US President Donald Trump will take Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives on Friday to show him the texts of US democracy, capping off a three-day state visit, the Associated Press reported.

  Xi is expected to depart Washington after touring the nation's vault of records, where the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are held.

• 25 Sept 2026, 05:56:01 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: In ‘candid’ talks, Trump told Xi any Chinese help to Iran would be ‘totally unacceptable’, says US envoy

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US President Donald Trump held “open” and “candid” talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the US ambassador to China told CNBC. The US envoy said that during their conversation, Trump had told Xi that any Chinese help to Iran would be “totally unacceptable.”

  The envoy added that Trump and Xi were beginning to develop a relationship of “somewhat trust”, Reuters news agency reported.

• 25 Sept 2026, 05:29:34 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: What are the three things business leaders will focus on amid Xi Jinping's visit?

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: With Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, business leaders are looking at three things. The first issue in focus has already received some clarity. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced that the US-China trade truce would be extended by two months, from November to January. The arrangement keeps tariffs on Chinese goods entering the US largely stable.

  The second are the US-Iran and Russia-Ukraine conflicts. It remains to see if China addresses these during Xi's visit, the Wall Street Journal reported. The third is artificial intelligence, something which has already been brought up by both Trump and Xi during the latter's visit. Xi had on Thursday said Washington and Beijng have a responsibility to “develop and manage AI for good.”

• 25 Sept 2026, 04:09:28 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi presses Trump to take tougher stance on Taiwan; Taipei denounces remarks as ‘distortion of facts’

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday appeared to push US President Donald Trump for a subtle change in stance on Taiwan. Xi told Trump in Washington on Thursday that he hoped the US would adhere to the "correct position" of opposing Taiwan independence, according to a Chinese readout of the talks, Reuters news agency reported. This would be a tougher version of Washington's long-standing stance that it does not “support” independence.

  In response to Xi's remarks, Taiwan's foreign ministry said they represent “the consistent Chinese approach of distorting facts and unilaterally conveying its position and claims”.

  “Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to all the people of Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party has no right to represent the Taiwanese people, and Taiwan's future can only be determined by the Taiwanese people through democratic means,” it added.

  There was no immediate White House readout of the exchange.

• 25 Sept 2026, 03:47:21 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump's lavish reception of Xi made an impression , projected as image of country's rise in China, says report

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US President Donald Trump's elaborate reception of his Chinese counterpart in Washington made an impression among the Chinese public, the Associated Press reported.

  The US President's rare welcome of Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the airport was closely covered — and praised — by Chinese state media too. “I read the news that the US reception standards for President Xi are very high,” Xiang Ziyu, a postgraduate student in Beijing, told AP. “I’m quite impressed because it shows that our country has become really powerful.”

  The official People’s Daily newspaper also covered the trip on its front page, featuring six photos of the Xi-Trump meetings.

  Meanwhile, on the Chinese search engine Baidu, the three most popular search topics on Friday were the talks between Trump and Xi; the state dinner attended by Xi and Peng; and greetings extended by Xi to Chinese people on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival being celebrated on Friday.

• 25 Sept 2026, 03:13:49 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump took US CEOs to Beijing in May. Why did Xi not do the same?

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US President Donald Trump, during his landmark Beijing meeting with Xi Jinping in May, was accompanied by a delegation of top American tech executives, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and then-Apple CEO Tim Cook.

  Ahead of Xi's visit, Reuters news agency and the South China Morning Post had reported that Xi was planning to have a large business delegation accompany him, including executives fromChinese electric vehicle giant BYD, smartphone maker Xiaomi and battery powerhouse CATL.

  However, the executives were absent at Thursday night’s White House banquet. Cui Hongjian, an international relations scholar with Beijing Foreign Studies University, told CNN that Beijing may have felt it wasn’t the right time for a prominent display of Chinese CEOs. “Right now, both sides are still in a phase where they want to stabilize the political situation a bit more,” Cui said.

  Cui added that it would be “more appropriate” to carry out prominent displays of cooperation only after “both sides actually achieve some substantive breakthroughs in their economic and trade negotiations.”

• 25 Sept 2026, 02:52:16 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump, Xi have reasons to keep US-China ties calm

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: The analysis suggests both Washington and Beijing have reasons to avoid a major escalation. Trump is dealing with the Iran war and approaching midterm elections, while Xi faces economic challenges and a major Communist Party meeting next year.

• 25 Sept 2026, 02:43:23 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Pageantry becomes major feature of summit

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: The summit featured a state dinner, military ceremony and other high-profile events. Analysts cited in the analysis questioned how much substantive progress was made, with Brookings' Ryan Hass describing the pageantry as a central feature of the visit.

• 25 Sept 2026, 02:10:55 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump, Xi may meet twice more this year

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: The two leaders could meet again at the APEC summit in China in November and the G20 summit in Miami in December. The prospect of further meetings could provide both sides with an incentive to keep relations stable.

• 25 Sept 2026, 02:05:59 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Taiwan arms deal hangs over Trump-Xi ties

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: The US has delayed a planned $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, according to the analysis. Trump had previously described the package as a negotiating tool, while the issue remains sensitive in Washington-Beijing relations.

• 25 Sept 2026, 01:53:20 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi visit marked by elaborate US welcome

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Xi's arrival was marked by an unusually elaborate display of ceremony, including a military welcome. The level of pageantry contrasted with the more limited agenda that emerged from the first day of talks.

• 25 Sept 2026, 01:43:41 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump gave Xi rare airport welcome in Washington

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: No sitting US president had personally greeted a foreign leader arriving in Washington at the airport for 64 years, according to the analysis. Trump broke that pattern when he welcomed Xi at Joint Base Andrews on September 23.

• 25 Sept 2026, 01:34:34 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: India keeps close eye on Trump-Xi talks

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: India is closely watching the Trump-Xi summit, particularly how Washington manages its relationship with Beijing. New Delhi has long been concerned about any US-China arrangement that could sideline the interests of other Asian partners.

• 25 Sept 2026, 01:02:57 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trade truce extension seen as modest step

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: The extension of the US-China trade truce by two months emerged as one of the clearest economic outcomes around the summit. Analysts cited in the material described the extension as a modest development rather than a major breakthrough.

• 25 Sept 2026, 12:53:13 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Usha Vance attended Trump-Xi White House dinner

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: US Second Lady Usha Vance was among the guests at the White House state dinner for Xi. She was the only Indian-origin political figure identified among the five Indian-origin guests listed for the banquet.

• 25 Sept 2026, 12:36:41 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump-Xi dinner guest list had no Indian official

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: No Indian government official featured on the guest list for Trump’s state dinner for Xi. The Indian presence instead came through prominent Indian-origin figures from US politics and business.

• 25 Sept 2026, 12:21:53 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump avoids G2 talk with Xi, India watching

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump has so far avoided explicitly referring to a “G2” with China, the idea that Washington and Beijing could jointly address major global issues. Such an approach has been a concern for India because it could leave other Asian powers with less influence over issues involving China.

• 25 Sept 2026, 12:02:11 PM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump’s Xi welcome draws attention

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Trump personally travelled to Andrews Air Force Base to welcome Xi when the Chinese leader arrived in the US. The gesture drew attention because of its unusual nature and was closely watched in Asian capitals concerned about the direction of US-China relations.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:59:22 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Micron chief Sanjay Mehrotra attends dinner

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Micron Technology chairman, president and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra attended the state dinner with his wife, Sangeeta Mehrotra. Micron is a major US semiconductor company, making Mehrotra's presence notable amid the summit's focus on technology.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:44:01 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Tech giants dominated Trump-Xi dinner guest list

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: The state dinner brought together some of the biggest names in American technology and business. Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, Sam Altman, Tim Cook and Sergey Brin were among those listed.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:36:22 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: 130+ officials, CEOs attended Xi state dinner

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: More than 130 people were invited to the White House state dinner for Xi. The guest list included senior Trump administration officials, US lawmakers, Supreme Court justices, business leaders, media personalities and members of the Trump family.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:27:51 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Rubio, Bessent, Hegseth among Xi dinner guests

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Several senior Trump administration officials attended the dinner, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. CIA Director John Ratcliffe and other senior officials were also on the list.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:20:09 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Three US Supreme Court justices attended Xi dinner

  Trump-Xi Jinping LIVE: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh were among the guests. Their attendance added senior members of the US judiciary to the high-profile state dinner.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:10:20 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi to visit US National Archives before leaving

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi is scheduled to visit the US National Archives before his departure from Washington. The Archives houses the Declaration of Independence, which is being highlighted this year as the US marks its 250th anniversary.

• 25 Sept 2026, 11:03:14 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: 5 Indian-origin guests attended Trump-Xi dinner

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Five Indian-origin guests were invited to the White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping. The list included Second Lady Usha Vance, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Micron chief Sanjay Mehrotra and his wife Sangeeta Mehrotra.

• 25 Sept 2026, 10:52:16 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Rare earths remain key in Trump-Xi trade talks

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: The extended trade truce is linked to continued US access to critical minerals and rare earths from China. The issue remains important to Washington as both sides seek greater stability in their trade relationship.

• 25 Sept 2026, 10:46:20 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US-China trade truce extended till January

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: A key development came a day before the summit, when US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the US-China trade truce would be extended by two months, from November to January. The arrangement keeps tariffs on Chinese goods entering the US largely stable.

• 25 Sept 2026, 10:18:09 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump-Xi talks continue for several hours

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump and Xi held a bilateral meeting at the White House lasting several hours. Trade, technology and the broader US-China relationship were among the issues in focus during the summit.

• 25 Sept 2026, 10:10:31 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump rolled out red carpet for Xi at White House

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed Xi and Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan at the White House. The ceremony included hundreds of US military personnel, along with a stealth bomber and fighter jet flyover.

• 25 Sept 2026, 10:04:37 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump-Xi summit wraps first day

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up the first day of their two-day summit in Washington DC. The day included a White House welcome, bilateral talks and a state dinner attended by senior officials and top US tech leaders.

• 25 Sept 2026, 09:43:21 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump-Xi summit had no joint press conference

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: The White House schedule did not include a joint news conference for Trump and Xi. The two leaders were instead scheduled to deliver remarks during their formal White House programme and later at the state dinner.

• 25 Sept 2026, 09:24:03 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi urges US, Iran to return to talks

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi said China supports Washington and Tehran returning to dialogue over the conflict in Iran. Chinese state media reported that Xi backed negotiations aimed at reaching a broader agreement, including on Iran’s nuclear programme.

• 25 Sept 2026, 09:10:10 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump, Xi watch military review at White House

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump and Xi took part in a military review at the White House. The ceremony included Marines performing formations and a flypast featuring a B-2 bomber and four fighter jets.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:50:16 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Taiwan independence explained

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Taiwan has its own elected government, military, passport and currency, but its formal international status remains disputed. Beijing claims Taiwan as part of China and opposes any move towards formal independence, while Taiwan’s government says the Republic of China is a sovereign state and that Beijing has no authority over the island.

  The US switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. Under its “One China” policy, Washington does not take a formal position on Taiwan’s sovereignty but maintains unofficial ties with Taiwan and is legally committed under the Taiwan Relations Act to help the island maintain its self-defence capabilities.

  Taiwan’s government says it is already sovereign and does not need to declare a new state. A formal change of name to a “Republic of Taiwan” would require a constitutional amendment and referendum, making it a far more complicated process than a presidential declaration.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:37:06 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi links Trump’s MAGA vision with China’s goals

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: At the state dinner, Xi said Trump’s “Make America Great Again” vision and China’s goal of national rejuvenation could help each other. He urged both countries to act as responsible major powers. (AP)

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:29:12 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Tibetan community protests in Washington

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: The Tibetan community held an anti-China protest in Washington, DC, as US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping. Demonstrators raised slogans including “We want China out of Tibet” during Xi’s visit to the US.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:23:58 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump mocks Biden while showing Xi presidential portraits

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: US President Donald Trump appeared to mock former president Joe Biden while showing Chinese President Xi Jinping a display of presidential portraits at the White House. In a video shared by the White House, Trump pointed to a portrait and said, “This is the autopen... it's Biden.”

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:17:51 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: China to send pandas to Atlanta zoo

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi announced that China would send two pandas to Zoo Atlanta as a gesture of friendship. The move comes after China recalled several pandas from US zoos amid tensions between Washington and Beijing.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:13:26 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Xi dinner arrival met by loud protests outside White House

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Protesters gathered near Lafayette Park as guests arrived for the state dinner. Chants could be heard from behind barriers outside the White House as Xi and Peng Liyuan entered the building.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:09:15 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Protesters gather near White House during Xi visit

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Hundreds of protesters gathered near the White House as Xi’s state visit continued. Demonstrators carried Tibetan flags and signs referring to Taiwan, Hong Kong, democracy and religious freedom.

• 25 Sept 2026, 08:04:04 AM IST

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: Trump-Xi dinner served on Reagan-era White House china

  Trump-Xi Jinping meeting LIVE: The three-course meal was served on red china dating from the Ronald Reagan presidency. The dinner was part of the formal programme for Xi’s state visit to Washington.