US and China establish AI dialogue framework ahead of Trump-Xi summit

In the weeks before a high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, the United States and China have agreed to open a formal diplomatic channel dedicated to artificial intelligence governance — a quiet but consequential acknowledgment that some technological risks may demand cooperation even between rivals. Treasury Secretary Ralph Bessent's productive meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng suggests that beneath the noise of trade wars and semiconductor disputes, both powers recognize that the unchecked development of advanced AI carries dangers that no single nation can contain