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US, China agree AI dialogue ahead of Trump-Xi summit

"We had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade and AI," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters following Sunday's eight-hour-long negotiations at JPMorgan Chase's head office in New York. Chinese and US negotiators made progress on artificial intelligence (AI) and trade ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House later this week.

US, China agree AI dialogue ahead of Trump-Xi summit

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"We had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade and AI," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters following Sunday's eight-hour-long negotiations at JPMorgan Chase's head office in...

Chinese and US negotiators made progress on artificial intelligence (AI) and trade ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House later this week.

The talks had a "good atmosphere" and were "not bad", said China's Li Chenggang.

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Chinese and US negotiators made progress on artificial intelligence (AI) and trade ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House later this week. "We had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade and AI," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters following Sunday's eight-hour-long negotiations at JPMorgan Chase's head office in New York. The talks had a "good atmosphere" and were "not bad", said China's Li Chenggang.

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