Trump and Xi meet at White House, hail progress and 'healthy' competition

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the White House on Thursday, with Trump hailing "tremendous strides" in bilateral ties and Xi calling for "healthy" competition between the two powers. Speaking after an arrival ceremony, Trump said the two sides had made progress on key issues, with discussions set to cover security, technology, and artificial intelligence. Xi stated that the US and China stood to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation, adding that competition should be a "race" of mutual catching up, not a "wrestle" with a winner and loser. The meeting marks their second summit in four months, following Trump's state visit to Beijing in May, underscoring the frequency of high-level engagement amid ongoing strategic rivalry.