{"slug": "us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-in-new-york-talks", "title": "US, China seek Xi-Trump summit deliverables in New York talks", "summary": "US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held final preparatory talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York on Sunday to work out deliverables for next week's summit between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. The talks at JP Morgan's headquarters covered possible economic outcomes and began a long-awaited dialogue on artificial intelligence safety and governance, following the two leaders' May agreement in Beijing to establish an intergovernmental AI dialogue. The meeting mirrored the Bessent-He talks in Seoul days before Trump met Xi in Beijing.", "body_md": "Advertisement\n\n# US, China seek Xi-Trump summit deliverables in New York talks\n\nBessent, Greer and He tackle the economy, AI safety days before the two leaders meet in Washington, D.C.\n\n3-MIN READ3-MIN\n\n Listen\n\n[Nayan Seth](https://www.scmp.com/author/nayan-seth)in Washington\n\nUS Treasury Secretary \n\n[Scott Bessent](https://www.scmp.com/topics/scott-bessent?module=inline&pgtype=article)and Trade Representative[Jamieson Greer](https://www.scmp.com/topics/jamieson-greer?module=inline&pgtype=article)held their final preparatory talks with Chinese Vice Premier[He Lifeng](https://www.scmp.com/topics/he-lifeng?module=inline&pgtype=article)in New York on Sunday to work out deliverables for[next week’s summit](https://www.scmp.com/topics/2026-xi-trump-summits?module=inline&pgtype=article)between Chinese President[Xi Jinping](https://www.scmp.com/topics/xi-jinping?module=inline&pgtype=article)and US President[Donald Trump](https://www.scmp.com/topics/donald-trump?module=inline&pgtype=article)in Washington.\nThe 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.\n\nThe latest meeting mirrored those in May, when Bessent and He held \n\n[talks in Seoul just days](https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3353174/us-china-negotiations-seek-quick-seoul-search-deals-ahead-trumps-visit?module=inline&pgtype=article)before[Trump met Xi in Beijing](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353827/how-china-and-us-felt-weight-history-behind-trump-and-xis-meeting-beijing?module=inline&pgtype=article).\nLast week, the South China Morning Post reported that Washington and Beijing would fold AI discussions into a broader economic meeting.\n\nThe two leaders agreed in Beijing in May to establish an intergovernmental dialogue on AI, which ran separately from the economic talks led by Bessent and He for months.\n\nSelect Voice\n\nSelect Speed\n\n1x\n\nAI-generated voice", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-in-new-york-talks", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368171/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-new-york-talks?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-09-20 14:34:25+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-20 14:52:41.015524+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-safety"], "entities": ["Scott Bessent", "Jamieson Greer", "He Lifeng", "Xi Jinping", "Donald Trump", "United States", "China", "JP Morgan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-in-new-york-talks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-in-new-york-talks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-in-new-york-talks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-in-new-york-talks.jsonld"}}