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Robert Tait in Washington

At Trump meeting, Xi Jinping lays out terms to avoid US-China military conflict

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Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan and Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC on 24 September 2026. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Xi Jinping has called for extensive cooperation with Washington to avoid the “Thucydides trap” that could put the US and China on a military collision course amid rising tensions over artificial intelligence, trade and Taiwan.

At the start of his summit meeting with Donald Trump in the White House, the Chinese president laid out terms for a mutual understanding that he said could steer the two competing superpowers away from future military conflict and on to a road of mutual gain.

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