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Will the Trump-Xi summit make limited progress on AI?

Expectations for the upcoming September 24 summit meeting in Washington between Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump are not high. That is not to say that the outcome will be insignificant, but no great changes are foreseen in their respective policies.

Will the Trump-Xi summit make limited progress on AI?

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Expectations for the upcoming September 24 summit meeting in Washington between Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump are not high.

That is not to say that the outcome will be insignificant, but no great changes are foreseen in their respective policies.

Age (73 and 80 respectively), temperament (an autocratic belief in the soundness of their own judgment and the correctness of their policies), how entrenched their governments are in their current...

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Expectations for the upcoming September 24 summit meeting in Washington between Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump are not high. That is not to say that the outcome will be insignificant, but no great changes are foreseen in their respective policies. Age (73 and 80 respectively), temperament (an autocratic belief in the soundness of their own judgment and the correctness of their policies), how entrenched their governments are in their current understanding of their strategic interests—all militate for continued intense rivalry and limited cooperation…

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