Trump-Xi visit ends without new AI agreement announced

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ended their meetings with warm public statements but no clearly announced new agreement on artificial intelligence or other major disputes, according to CBS News.

The two leaders described their discussions as productive and said they had reached shared positions on several matters. Neither, however, provided details of what had been settled. Their talks took place against a backdrop of strained trade relations, competition over advanced technology, disagreements about Taiwan and concern in Washington over China’s links with Iran and Russia.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the visit had not produced a fresh AI agreement. He said the more important development was the creation of a continuing communication channel between Washington and Beijing, allowing each side to raise concerns or exchange information about artificial intelligence and its risks.

Greer said officials expected another AI meeting within roughly a month, although they had not decided what it would cover. The arrangement could give the two governments a way to discuss technology even while they compete over advanced systems and differ over how tightly AI should be regulated.

Trade and technology remain unsettled

The United States and China had already agreed earlier in the week to prolong a tariff truce for two months. That decision temporarily reduced the risk of another escalation in their trade conflict, but CBS News reported that it did not amount to a wider commercial settlement.

Trump has argued for relatively limited regulation of AI so American companies can move faster than their Chinese rivals. The technology was widely expected to be part of the leaders’ agenda, making the absence of a newly announced agreement notable. Greer’s comments suggested that the immediate result was procedural rather than substantive: the two sides now have a mechanism for future discussions, but no public breakthrough was identified.

Trump said the meeting had achieved everything he wanted, without explaining which results he meant. He also predicted that American farmers would benefit and described the visit as positive for both countries. Xi said the talks had added fresh content to the broader relationship and portrayed himself and Trump as jointly steering ties between the two nations.

Xi said the leaders might meet again later in the year at the APEC summit in Shenzhen and at a subsequent G20 gathering in the United States. He also welcomed Trump to Beijing for a state visit in May. The article does not specify whether those future meetings have produced detailed agendas.

Washington says Taiwan policy is unchanged

Taiwan remained another major issue on which the visit did not yield a public policy shift. Trump did not respond when reporters called out questions about the island during Xi’s visit.

David Perdue, the U.S. ambassador to China, said Washington’s position had not changed. He pointed to the Taiwan Relations Act, three joint communiques between the United States and China, and six assurances made to Taiwan as the foundations of American policy. Perdue said the United States continued to support its existing framework while rejecting attempts by China to force a change in its wording or substance.

The comments were intended to reassure observers that the leaders’ cordial exchanges had not altered Washington’s approach to Taiwan. China claims sovereignty over the island, while the United States maintains longstanding commitments under its own laws and policy documents. CBS News reported no new Taiwan arrangement from the talks.

Dispute over China’s relationship with Iran

Perdue also said Trump confronted Xi over Chinese assistance connected to Iran’s war effort. According to Perdue, Trump told the Chinese president that such support was unacceptable. Perdue acknowledged that intelligence or other equipment had previously reached Iran either directly or through intermediaries, while saying Chinese officials had assured Washington they were no longer providing that kind of help.

He described recent Chinese actions as movement in the direction the United States wanted, but did not say that a formal agreement had been reached. The issue had reportedly come up repeatedly before this meeting.

CBS News also cited a Wall Street Journal report that Chinese entities had supplied Iran with satellite imagery of a Jordanian base before Iranian attacks killed three American service members and injured others. Trump did not answer when a television reporter asked whether he had pressed Xi to stop intelligence sharing with Tehran.

The visit concluded with symbolic gestures as well as unresolved disputes. Xi, his wife and the Trumps toured the National Archives, where they viewed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. At a White House state dinner, Trump presented Xi with a bald eagle sculpture and promoted plans for a large new ballroom, including an invitation for guests to see its construction site.

Xi used his dinner remarks to recall earlier periods of cooperation between the two countries, including their World War II partnership and the steps that led to normalized diplomatic relations. He called the relationship an important turning point and argued that the countries’ ambitions could support each other. Trump likewise emphasized personal ties and called for cooperation aimed at long-term prosperity and security.

Those gestures underscored the effort to project stability. The limited public detail about concrete outcomes left the central tests of the relationship—technology competition, trade, Taiwan and China’s dealings with Iran—largely in place.