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ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry, as the US president sought to set the agenda by saying that both sides agreed no new controls were needed on fast-evolving AI technology.<\/p>\n

Trump personally greeted Xi on the tarmac 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.<\/p>\n

He will lay on more pomp and ceremony on Thursday, treating his guest to a formal welcome on the White House South Lawn, a military flyover, talks in the Oval Office and finally a grand state banquet.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper Intelligence (SI) will be a big topic of discussion, but I want to leave it exactly where it is,\u201d Trump said on social media, using his new moniker for artificial intelligence. \u201cThat is China\u2019s position also.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another post, Trump said 73-year-old Xi looked \u201cstrong, vibrant, and fit\u201d, following recent rumours about the Chinese leader\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

But the warm welcome masks deep tensions over thorny topics including the trade war between the world\u2019s top two economies, and Beijing\u2019s diplomatic and economic support for Iran.<\/p>\n

Xi urged cooperation in comments reported by Chinese state media shortly after his arrival, saying that China and the United States should be \u201cpartners rather than rivals\u201d.<\/p>\n

Trade truce<\/h2>\n

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday announced a two-month extension of a trade truce that was due to expire in November.<\/p>\n

Both sides are keen to avoid plunging back into the trade war sparked by the US president\u2019s sweeping global tariffs last year.<\/p>\n

But while Trump, 80, boasts that he will get results from what he calls his \u201cgreat relationship\u201d with Xi, few breakthroughs are expected.<\/p>\n

Instead, their third meeting since Trump returned to power is aimed at maintaining the broader detente.<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s first White House state visit in more than a decade will therefore be more about spectacle than substance.<\/p>\n

The program includes a military inspection in the Rose Garden \u2014 which Trump recently paved over \u2014 and a gift-giving ceremony involving Trump\u2019s wife Melania and Xi\u2019s wife Peng Liyuan.<\/p>\n

Trump and Xi will make remarks in the morning and again in the evening, though it remains unclear if there will be an opportunity for reporters to put questions to the two leaders.<\/p>\n

The state dinner will feature a host of top US tech and AI company bosses \u2014 although Xi\u2019s delegation includes no chief executive officers (CEOs), sources told AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2018They appreciate it\u2019<\/h2>\n

Trump and Melania met the Chinese presidential couple on a red carpet at Joint Base Andrews, before a military band played the national anthems and US bombers roared overhead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was a great little meeting, a great greeting, and I think they appreciate it,\u201d Trump told reporters, brushing off the fact that Xi had not welcomed him at the airport for his Beijing state visit in May.<\/p>\n

Trump confirmed that his stalled Iran war would be discussed, despite earlier playing down reports that claimed that Beijing was giving Tehran intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be talking about that and many other subjects \u2014 but it\u2019s all coming along well,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence is a key focus due to growing fears that it is out of control and even risks wiping out humanity as China and the United States race for supremacy in the field.<\/p>\n

Taiwan will also be on the cards, with Trump\u2019s words likely to be watched for any sign of diminishing US support for the self-governing island that Beijing claims as its territory.<\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s visit will wrap up on Friday morning when the two presidential couples have tea at the White House and then visit the National Archives, home to the US Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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