U.S. President Donald Trump will welcome Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week for their second meeting this year, as the two leaders seek stability in a relationship under pressure over issues ranging from trade to Taiwan and Iran, as well as global worries about artificial intelligence.
Xi arrives in Washington on Wednesday for the first time in more than a decade. In the four months since the leaders of the two superpowers met in Beijing in May, Xi has overseen a surge in China's trade with the world, while Trump - mired in the Iran war and with low approval ratings - is looking for economic wins he can tout to Americans unhappy with rising prices.
