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The real reason why Trump invited China's President Xi to Washington

33 minutes Posted Sep 25, 2026 at 4:04 pm.

Xi Jinping visits USA

Cold War Two

Cold War One history

USA sees China as threat

Trump's trade war backfired

US-China economic integration

Trump's tariffs hurt manufacturing

Rare earths and critical minerals

Strategic stability meaning

Trump-Xi summit in Washington

Corporate CEOs attend dinner

Scott Bessent met at JPMorgan

China: largest consumer market

Trump's trip to Beijing

US corporations want market access

Windows loses market share

Apple faces restrictions in China

Tesla makes most cars in Shanghai

Google kicked out of China

Meta wants access to Chinese market

AI arms race

Trump: "Whoever wins AI, wins!"

Silicon Valley demonizes China

China's open-source AI models

Chip war

US attacks blow back

New cold war continues

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Donald Trump has been a China hawk for years, and he waged a brutal trade war against the country. So why did the US leader invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington, DC for a summit? The White House dinner, featuring the CEOs of top corporations, helps explain why. Ben Norton analyzes the complex state of US-China relations following Trump's failed trade war.

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