US, China seek Xi-Trump summit deliverables in New York talks

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held their final preparatory talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York on…

The leaders are meeting at JP Morgan’s headquarters in the city to discuss possible economic outcomes for the summit and begin their long-awaited dialogue on artificial intelligence safety and governance.

Major economic items on the agenda include discussions on renewing the Busan agreement on rare earths and the possible implementation of the US-China Board of Trade, which would create a tariff-reduced trade mechanism in non-sensitive sectors between the two sides.