Hosting Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House on the night of Thursday, 24 September 2026, Donald Trump had Elon Musk of Tesla, Tim Cook of Apple, Jensen Huang of Nvidia and Sam Altman of OpenAI at the table — a sign that trade and artificial intelligence were high on the state visit’s agenda, according to AFP, in a report carried by The Hindu.

Earlier, Trump said he and Xi had made “tremendous strides”, while Xi called on China and the United States to “coexist in peace” and restated Beijing’s red lines on artificial intelligence, Taiwan and the war with Iran, according to AFP. Trump also called the meeting “very productive” for Washington and Beijing and wrote on Truth Social that “tremendous things will be happening”, according to Sputnik Globe.