Artificial-intelligence safety, chip controls and supplies of critical minerals are expected to feature in talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting is scheduled for September 23 at the White House, during the United Nations General Assembly week.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said AI safety will be on the bilateral agenda. Any discussion will sit inside a larger dispute over US restrictions on Chinese technology and Beijing’s control of rare-earth exports used in electronics, vehicles and defense systems. China wants relief from technology limits, while US companies differ over whether safety rules would reduce risk or slow them against Chinese competitors.
The countries also face a November 10 expiry for the trade truce agreed in Busan. Negotiators may discuss extending reduced tariff threats and paused port fees, along with possible purchase commitments for agriculture, energy and aircraft. Taiwan and China’s economic relationship with Iran add separate points of tension.
Analysts quoted by WIRED expect some deliverables because of the summit’s prominence, but not a fundamental breakthrough. The AI portion is therefore best understood as one bargaining element among trade, supply-chain and security issues, not a standalone agreement already taking shape.