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When Trump and Xi meet they will discuss AI. 'Track Two' talks are already buzzing
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Chinese and US flags wave outside a technology company in Beijing, on April 17, 2025. (.
Key facts
- Chinese and US flags wave outside a technology company in Beijing, on April 17, 2025. (
- Then-President Biden and Xi agreed at a 2023 summit in Woodside, Calif., to get the military dialogue back up and running
- I think there is no more important topic that the U.S. and China should be talking about than AI," said Sarah Beran, a former U.S. diplomat who worked on China and is the incoming president
- Samm Sacks, an expert in Chinese tech at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the policy think tank New America, said she was involved in several Track Two discussions on AI
Summary
The United States and China are locked in a cycle of fierce competition and mistrust over artificial intelligence, and experts say the chances that President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping can change the dynamic when they meet in Washington next Thursday are dim. In the past few weeks alone, the Trump administration has accused Chinese AI companies of stealing intellectual property by " distilling " leading U.S. AI models, and threatened sanctions. It would seem there is little room, or appetite, for compromise. For decades, government-to-government interactions, sometimes called "Track One" diplomacy, have been underpinned by this sprawling network of informal private meetings and conferences, often run by think tanks or universities.