President Donald Trump said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States on Sept. 24, with artificial intelligence (AI) expected to be a key topic during their talks.
Trump made the announcement during remarks at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday afternoon while discussing his administration's push to build more AI data centers.
"President Xi is coming over on September 24th," Trump said. "We talked about it when I was over in Beijing, and we'll be talking about it again."
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Trump called AI "probably the biggest thing anybody's ever seen" and said the United States must stay ahead of China in the race to dominate the technology.
"Whoever wins that race is probably going to win, period," Trump said.
The two leaders last met during Trump's trip to Beijing earlier this year, where Trump invited Xi to visit the White House.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke Wednesday and discussed laying the groundwork for what Rubio called a "very positive visit," according to Reuters.
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