PoliticsTrump-Xi Summit Small on Substance, Big on Pomp

The White House fete for Chinese President Xi Jinping was rich in pageantry and platitudes but produced few substantive announcements. The biggest news connected to the meeting came beforehand, when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US and China had extended their trade truce by two months. Expected tariff cuts and a new AI communication channel have yet to emerge.

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