WASHINGTON D.C Sept 25, 2026 – U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping again in China in November, capping Xi’s three-day state visit to Washington with a pledge of continued high-level engagement between the world’s two largest economies.
The confirmation came as Xi wrapped up his first state visit to the U.S. capital in more than a decade. Trump greeted Xi at Joint Base Andrews upon arrival, hosted a White House state dinner, and held talks that produced a two-month extension of their existing trade truce but no major breakthroughs on core disputes.
Xi invited Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Shenzhen on November 18–19. Trump replied that they would attend and would “be speaking a lot.” The pair are also expected to meet again at the G20 summit in Miami in December.
The main concrete outcome of the Washington visit was an extension of the U.S.-China trade truce, originally reached in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025. The arrangement, which had been due to expire November 10, will now run until January 10, 2027.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the short extension gives both sides more time to work toward a broader agreement covering tariffs, agricultural purchases, rare-earth exports, and technology restrictions. Beijing had sought a longer pause. Analysts described the result as modest given the pomp surrounding the visit.
Talks covered artificial intelligence, Taiwan, the conflict involving Iran, and the Korean Peninsula. Both leaders stressed the need to keep AI “under human control.” Xi urged the United States to handle the Taiwan issue “with prudence” and oppose Taiwan independence, according to Chinese state media. The White House did not issue a detailed public readout of the private discussions.
The Washington summit followed Trump’s state visit to Beijing in May 2026 and their first post-election meeting in Busan in late 2025. Frequent leader-level contact has become a defining feature of the relationship this year, even as underlying strategic competition over technology, trade, and security remains unresolved.
The November meeting in Shenzhen will take place as China hosts APEC under the theme “Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together.” It offers another venue for managing rivalry while both governments emphasize stability ahead of U.S. midterm elections and ongoing global economic uncertainty.
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