US-China summit: AI safety and rare earths on the agenda

Xi Jinping arrives in Washington to meet Trump, with Taiwan, technology and trade topping the agenda. CEPA experts expect no breakthroughs: the two sides define AI risks differently, and China retains leverage through rare earth exports, whose suspension expires in November.

• CEPA: no appetite for US-China cooperation on cybersecurity
• China dominates rare earth supply; its export suspension expires in November
• Beijing's main AI concern is protecting the party, Washington's is protecting investors
• Experts call the meeting a 'spectacle' rather than a breakthrough summit