China’s Xi set to arrive in Washington for high-stakes Trump summit as AI supremacy battle looms large

Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to land at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday evening, beginning his first visit to Washington in more than a decade for a two-day summit with President Donald Trump that is expected to be contentious. Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan, will join him for a ceremonial welcome, and the sit-down opens Thursday with an arrival ceremony on the White House grounds involving 479 troops from every military branch, according to Fox News.

A senior administration official said artificial intelligence will dominate the agenda, alongside possible reductions in tariffs on goods not considered strategically sensitive. The two governments are also set to negotiate over China's rare-earth mineral exports and whether new export restrictions will follow, while Trump is expected to push Beijing to curb the flow of chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl. Disagreements over intellectual property theft and trade practices, along with China's backing of Iran during the U.S. military conflict there, have strained the relationship heading into the talks.

Trump is expected to raise the case of Gulshan Abbas, an American who has been imprisoned in China for eight years after being accused of "participating in a terrorist organization," a charge that followed her sister's criticism of China's genocide of Uyghurs, according to Forbes. Congressional Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, expect her release to come up in the talks. First Lady Melania Trump plans to take Peng to the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, and the day ends with a state dinner for guests from the tech industry.

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