Trump confirms he will meet Xi Jinping in China in November and at G20 summit in December

Following a high-profile state visit in Washington, US President Donald Trump confirmed he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in November 2026 and at the G20 summit in Miami in December 2026. While the September 2026 summit focused heavily on pomp and ceremony, the two nations extended their tariff truce to February 2027 and negotiated agreements on non-sensitive goods, even as tensions persist over artificial intelligence, trade, and Taiwan.

Trump-Xi summit meetings schedule

• ▪US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks at the White House on September 24, 2026, during Xi Jinping's second state visit to the United States.
• ▪US President Donald Trump confirmed on September 25, 2026, that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in China in November 2026 and at the G20 summit in Miami, Florida, in December 2026.

US-China Thucydides trap avoidance

• ▪Chinese President Xi Jinping called for extensive cooperation and regular military dialogue with the United States to avoid the "Thucydides trap" of military conflict during his White House summit on September 24, 2026.
• ▪Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed inviting 100,000 young Americans to visit China on student exchanges as part of his proposals for avoiding a "Thucydides trap" to lessen bilateral tensions during his September 2026 US visit

Bilateral trade framework negotiations

• ▪US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a two-month extension of the US-China tariff truce, lengthening the agreement until February.
• ▪US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced on September 25, 2026, that the United States and China reached agreements on trade in non-sensitive goods, with details expected to be released on September 28, 2026.

China's APEC host diplomacy leverage

• ▪Hosting the November 2026 APEC summit in Shenzhen is expected to provide Chinese President Xi Jinping with greater control over the agenda to showcase Beijing's growing diplomatic clout.
• ▪Chen Qi of Tsinghua University stated that China will possess greater autonomy in agenda-setting and preparatory work as the host of the November 2026 APEC summit in Shenzhen.

Strategic stability relationship framework

• ▪Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump agreed to build a constructive China-US relationship of strategic stability based on respect, fairness, and reciprocity.
• ▪During the September 2026 state visit to Washington, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged US President Donald Trump to formally oppose Taiwan's independence, marking an explicit call to change US policy

Debatable claims

• ▪Hosting the APEC summit in Shenzhen gives China an unfair diplomatic advantage
• ▪The highly ceremonial White House summit was a diplomatic success for the United States
• ▪The United States should formally oppose Taiwan's independence