Trump and Xi Expect Two More Meetings This Year

President Donald Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping expect to meet twice more before the end of the year, after Xi’s three-day state visit to Washington concluded on September 25. Trump announced plans for a meeting in China in November and another during the Group of 20 gathering in Miami in December. The meetings were described in Trump’s social media post; the reports do not establish that either has been formally confirmed by both governments. The Washington summit ended without major announced policy agreements on trade, artificial intelligence or other significant areas of tension. The two governments did announce a two-month extension of a tariff truce that had eased trade tensions, though details of the extension and its practical effects were not provided in the reports. Trump characterized the talks as positive and said they were great for farmers, but did not explain what specific benefit he meant. Xi said the discussions had added new substance to the relationship between the countries, without publicly detailing what that meant. Neither leader provided a detailed public account of agreements or commitments on the main points of dispute.