{"slug": "u-s-and-china-propose-ai-risk-notification-mechanism-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks", "title": "U.S. and China propose AI risk notification mechanism ahead of Trump-Xi talks", "summary": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new \"notification mechanism\" for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security, following weekend talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York ahead of Thursday's White House meeting between President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping. Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the two sides agreed to operationalize a new \"Board of Trade\" first discussed when the leaders met in Beijing in May, and are still negotiating which \"nonsensitive\" items — potentially consumer and agricultural goods, energy products and medical devices — could receive lower tariffs. Chinese state media Xinhua said Bessent and He discussed issues \"relating to AI\" without specifics, and Asia Group consultant George Chen said the AI risk notification mechanism \"sets a precedent that other countries may follow.", "body_md": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new “notification mechanism” for [artificial intelligence](https://apnews.com/hub/artificial-intelligence) incidents that could affect national security, part of weekend discussions ahead of [talks at the White House this week](https://apnews.com/article/trump-xi-china-relationship-ai-tariffs-iran-2716ee31afa579e9ca18ae76cbe35ab9) between President [Donald Trump](https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump) and [China’s Xi Jinping](https://apnews.com/hub/xi-jinping).\n\n“We want a shared vision of common goals and common threats,” Bessent told reporters after talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York. “We think that just like any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the No. 1 and the No. 2 AI powers in the world is very important.”\n\nTrump has resisted calls to [slow down AI development](https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-guardrails-data-centers-b85df16775ff7e9611a456b061a0e4b9), saying that would [help China catch up](https://apnews.com/article/china-us-ai-safety-trump-xi-cd680bd072ec95e5f4b9c99dbee91319) to U.S. companies.\n\nStanding together in the soaring lobby of the [JPMorgan Chase](https://fortune.com/company/jpmorgan-chase/) headquarters late Sunday, Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the groundwork had been laid for talks between Xi and Trump set to take place on Thursday. They said the two sides had agreed to operationalize a new “Board of Trade” that the two leaders had discussed when they met in Beijing in May.\n\n“Today those notions have become reality,” Greer said.\n\nGreer said the countries were still discussing what “nonsensitive” items could be considered for lower tariffs, but that the list could potentially include consumer and agricultural goods, energy products and medical devices.\n\nChinese state media Xinhua said Bessent and the vice premier talked about issues “relating to AI” without mentioning specifics and also had “candid, in-depth and constructive” discussions on key economic and trade issues.\n\n“The fact that both sides agreed to continue the dialogue is significant,” said George Chen, a partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group consultancy, in written comments. “The initial outcome — an AI risk notification mechanism — sets a precedent that other countries may follow.”\n\n___\n\nChan Ho-him in Hong Kong and Huizhong Wu in Bangkok contributed to this report.\n\n*breaks the traditional barrier between audience and newsroom. The show transforms*\n\n**Fortune Daily**\n*Fortune*’s trusted reporting into actionable, conversational, and entertaining insights for an emerging class of business leaders.\n\n**Watch here.**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/u-s-and-china-propose-ai-risk-notification-mechanism-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks", "canonical_source": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/21/bessent-china-ai-alert-system/", "published_at": "2026-09-21 15:29:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 15:52:48.763583+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Scott Bessent", "He Lifeng", "Donald Trump", "Xi Jinping", "Jamieson Greer", "Xinhua", "JPMorgan Chase", "The Asia Group"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/u-s-and-china-propose-ai-risk-notification-mechanism-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/u-s-and-china-propose-ai-risk-notification-mechanism-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/u-s-and-china-propose-ai-risk-notification-mechanism-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/u-s-and-china-propose-ai-risk-notification-mechanism-ahead-of-trump-xi-talks.jsonld"}}