Three conflicts are shaping American AI policy toward China simultaneously — the U.S.-China model race, a federal-state regulatory clash, and European AI rules — according to Axios. Said Openai policy chief Chris Lehane: AI "transcends a lot of the prevailing or traditional trade type issues," a remark landing as Trump hosts Chinese officials for a bilateral summit.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the United States and China will begin discussions on artificial intelligence safety, though he did not specify a timeline, according to The New York Times. Neither government has indicated willingness to slow AI development, leaving the scope of any talks unclear.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet this week to discuss artificial intelligence, a domain both governments are treating as central to long-term economic and national-security competition, according to The Hill. No secondary quote or specific figure was available from the source.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet this week for direct discussions on artificial intelligence, as both governments compete to lead development of advanced AI systems, according to The Hill. The talks arrive as the Trump administration faces domestic pressure around frontier AI models, including Anthropic's newly released Mythos.