Watch: The world’s 2 astir almighty men conscionable met. How did it go?
ByLaura Bicker
China correspondent
President Xi Jinping's summits with Donald Trump person 1 wide aim.
China believes the United States is trying to incorporate its emergence arsenic a superpower, and it wants Washington to enactment retired of its mode - peculiarly erstwhile it comes to trade, exertion and Taiwan.
On this visit, however, contempt Trump rolling retired the reddish carpet for him, the Chinese person didn't get everything helium wanted.
The commercialized truce that saw some countries intermission a tit-for-tat tariff warfare and forestall a further escalation, was extended by lone a fewer months - from November to January.
Beijing had hoped for astatine slightest a twelvemonth arsenic Xi looks to thrust retired the remainder of Trump's presidency.
This means cardinal disputes connected tariffs, China's dominance connected uncommon world supplies and entree to precocious US chips are being kicked guardant into yet different circular of negotiations.
This suggests the US wants China to bash much to fulfil its broadside of the bargain earlier offering longer-term concessions.
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Trump and Xi be a meal astatine the White House
The uncomfortable information for Xi is that his home system is successful trouble. While the state sells a grounds fig of goods astir the world, consumers astatine location are holding back. Youth unemployment remains stubbornly precocious and spot prices person slumped successful a state wherever 80% of radical ain their ain homes.
Trade is helping to prop up growth, making entree to overseas markets much important than ever. Xi needs to support those exports from the benignant of debilitating tariffs the US imposed past year.
On Taiwan, Xi erstwhile again made wide that US arms income to Taiwan are a reddish enactment for China.
The US is bound by instrumentality to supply the self-governing land with the means to support itself.
In May, Xi warned Trump that mishandling the contented could origin the 2 countries to "collide oregon adjacent participate into conflict".
Trump past delayed the support of a $14 cardinal arms bundle for Taiwan, describing it arsenic a "very bully negotiating chip" with Beijing.
Xi whitethorn person seized connected that opening during the talks and apt argued that restraining enactment for Taiwan reduces the hazard of conflict.
On Thursday helium reiterated his anticipation that the US would adhere to the "correct position" of opposing Taiwan independence.
However, Trump - who is coming nether immoderate bipartisan unit to proceed US enactment to Taiwan - is yet to marque immoderate nationalist effect to the Chinese leader's comments.
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Trade is helping to prop up growth
The 2 leaders did astatine slightest sermon artificial quality (AI) though it's unclear whether they agreed to immoderate safeguards.
All eyes were connected whether they would marque immoderate factual decisions connected AI - specified arsenic an statement to clasp a acme - successful the aftermath of an effort by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for the slowing down of AI improvement to marque it safer. That followed a informing by a apical information researcher from the institution that determination was a "greater than 10% chance" that AI could origin the extinction of humans.
But too Xi talking astir the value of ensuring AI "is ever nether quality control" we didn't get overmuch else. Trump has astir precocious dismissed fears of quality extinction from the exertion arsenic a "hoax".
And, of course, let's not hide the pandas. The acquisition of Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to Atlanta was archetypal heralded successful April, but Xi has present announced they volition get successful conscionable a fewer days arsenic China's panda diplomacy resumes.
There whitethorn beryllium much announcements to travel arsenic the 2 hole to person beverage and sojourn the nationalist archives connected Friday.
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Pandas person played an important relation successful Chinese diplomatic measures
But for now, 1 of the summit's biggest victories for Beijing whitethorn person been the optics.
The lavish welcome, a idiosyncratic greeting astatine the airdrome and a authorities banquet featuring sesame crusted oversea bass and braised babe bok choy person been welcomed by those watching from China. It volition person helped cement Xi's representation astatine location arsenic Trump's equal.
Memes contrasting the 2 leaders person dispersed wide connected Chinese societal media. One fashionable representation shows Trump grimacing arsenic bomber jets alert overhead, portion Xi remained impassive.
Xi has recovered a mode to negociate 1 of the world's astir unpredictable leaders. But portion Trump talks of a "truly large friendship", China's person is focussed connected thing bigger: securing China's spot alongside the United States arsenic a superpower.
The pandas, the pageantry and the lukewarm words whitethorn assistance creaseless this relationship. But beneath the spectacle, the contention betwixt the world's 2 astir almighty countries remains arsenic fierce arsenic ever.
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