Trump and Xi meet in Washington to tackle trade, AI, and Iran

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump are set to hold talks in Washington on Thursday, focusing on trade, artificial intelligence, and Iran, marking Xi's first US visit in over a decade. Trump personally greeted Xi at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday with a rare red carpet welcome. The agenda includes extending a trade truce, discussing AI safety mechanisms, Taiwan arms sales, and potential release of detained Americans, with a state dinner planned. The summit is their third in-person meeting in under a year, testing a "constructive strategic stability" framework. Both sides seek to ease tensions from a trade war that escalated tariffs to triple digits, while balancing competing interests on technology and regional security.