Xi Jinping Tells Trump, "Wrestling Must Not Be One-Sided"... Proposes Joint AI Governance

[Financial News, New York—Correspondent Lee Byung-cheol]Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized during his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump that competition between the United States and China must not become a zero-sum game in which one side wins and the other loses. Regarding artificial intelligence (AI), he said that both countries have the ability and responsibility to manage it in the right direction. His remarks were interpreted as a call to manage the competition and prevent conflict rather than avoid the intensifying contest for technological supremacy between the United States and China.
During opening remarks at his summit with Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on the 24th (local time), Xi said, "Our competition must be healthy" and added, "It must not be a wrestling match in which one side wins and the other loses."
Xi also emphasized his personal relationship with Trump. He said he had "personal rapport" with the U.S. president and stated that the leaders of the two countries "must find common ground."
AI has emerged as a key agenda item at the U.S.-China summit. Xi said, "Both our countries have the ability and responsibility to manage AI in the right direction." Trump had earlier identified security, technology and "superintelligence (SI)," the term he uses instead of AI, as urgent issues to discuss at the summit.
The two countries are also expected to launch a separate forum to discuss the security risks posed by AI. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said ahead of the summit that Trump and Xi would announce the creation of an "AI Dialogue."
Xi also made a direct request regarding U.S. policy toward Chinese companies. "We hope Chinese companies will be treated fairly here in the United States," he said. His remarks came as the United States continues to impose export controls on advanced semiconductors and AI technologies for China, along with various restrictions on Chinese companies.
In trade, the two sides established a safeguard against an immediate clash ahead of the summit. According to Bessent, U.S.-China negotiators agreed the previous day to extend the deadline for the trade-war truce until January 10 next year.
 


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