Trump-Xi visit to Washington wraps up with few achievements announced

President Trump's state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded Friday without any new agreements announced, ending with a brief National Archives tour where Archivist Bradford Wilson showed the two leaders and their wives the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Asked what the meeting accomplished, Trump told reporters simply "everything." Xi, speaking through a translator, called the visit "done to the highest order of perfection" and said the two leaders are "charting the course" for U.S.-China relations. They're expected to meet again this year at the APEC summit in Shenzhen and later at a G20 summit likely held at a Trump property in Miami, according to CBS News.

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue told Fox News that Trump warned Xi it was "unacceptable" for Beijing to assist Iran during the war, and that China had acknowledged giving some direct or indirect help to Tehran while pledging to stop. Perdue said Chinese officials assured the U.S. "yesterday they are not doing that," though he did not say Beijing had fully ended its support, and Trump ignored a reporter's question about whether he'd asked China to stop sharing intelligence with Iran.

At Thursday's state dinner, Xi said the two sides had "sincere and in-depth exchanges" and reached "common understanding on many issues," without detailing any deals, though trade and AI were seen as top topics; the two countries agreed this week to hold off on new tariffs for two months. Trump gave Xi a bald eagle sculpture and showed guests the White House ballroom.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →