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Official talks on the AI race could be on the docket for the president’s trip. The White House and the Chinese government are considering official discussions about AI amid concerns about the competition becoming the newest arms race, The Wall Street Journal reported last week.
Trade is expected to dominate the talks, with discussions reportedly focused on extending the existing trade truce, easing export restrictions, and creating new U.S.-China trade and investment boards.
Israel carried out fresh airstrikes on vehicles along a major highway south of Beirut on Wednesday, according to Lebanese state media, despite an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese government.
Taiwan conducted a large live-fire military exercise on the frontline island of Kinmen on Wednesday as U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Beijing for high-level talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Central banks’ purchases and repatriation of gold are on the rise, and both should be viewed as a symptom of deglobalization. They signal the advent of a more geopolitically fragmented world in which cross-border transactions of all kinds are poised to become more difficult and costly.
Chinese officials are preparing an intensely choreographed state visit for U.S. President Donald Trump as he arrives in Beijing for high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The summit is a photograph unless President Trump forces Xi to move on Iran.
