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American Power · American Power Extra: Trump, Xi and the Race to Control the Future · 18 Sep 2026 podcast

So Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are supposed to meet at the White House on September twenty fourth.

That is assuming Xi Jinping actually shows up because he left India early due to health concerns.

So those health concerns could

extend into what would become the summit with Donald Trump in Washington, he may not end up showing up.

Nonetheless, if you're expecting some massive breakthrough between the United States and China, you probably need to lower your expectations, mainly because this upcoming meeting looks less like a reset of US China relations and more like an attempt to just keep the relationship from breaking down further.

Trump and Xi already met in Beijing back in May of this year.

That meeting produced what was called constructive strategic stability.

Both countries announced plans for a US China Board of Trade as well as a Board of Investment.

China made commitments involving American agricultural products and aircraft.

Both governments said they agreed that Iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon.

So I guess the question is where are we at with those goals from May as of right now?

While the overarching strategy of constructive strategic stability has held in the narrow sense, in that the relationship has not fallen back into uncontrolled tariff escalation or a breakdown in leader level contact.

But the broader Chinese US rivalry has not eased much.

Trade restrictions, rare earth tensions, AI controls, Taiwan and Iran all remain active disputes.

When it comes to the Board of Trade, that may be where we've seen the most tangible progress.

The two sides are negotiating reciprocal tariff reductions on about $30 billion worth of goods from each side.

China has said they want a deal on these tariffs earlier rather than later, and the US agrees, but apparently there are still some disagreements on minor issues within the framework here.

So the negotiations are happening, but the board is still just in this negotiation stage.

But like I said

This is the one area that has seen the most progress because the other board, the board of investment.

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