Superpower Summit: Artificial Intelligence to be Main Topic of Xi Jinping’s US Visit

The global technological confrontation has reached the level of presidential oval offices. On July 24, 2026, it was officially confirmed that PRC leader Xi Jinping will visit the US on September 24 to meet with President Donald Trump. Artificial intelligence was named the main item on the bilateral agenda.

This visit elevates the previously announced "September AI talks" to an unprecedented political level. Frontier model technologies are now equated with nuclear weapons: the leaders of the two largest economies must agree on the boundaries of what is permissible in AGI development. Export controls, cybersecurity, and data center deployment rules are on the table. For transnational business, this summit is a Rubicon. Whether Trump and Xi can find a compromise will determine if the global IT market avoids severe balkanization and fragmentation into two hostile hardware blocs.

Source: Reuters