Trump praises ‘truly great friendship’ with China’s Xi Jinping as key summit begins at White House – live

Xi Jinping says China and US must ensure AI ‘is always under human control’ in remarks at the beginning of a major meeting between the two countriesAt Trump meeting, Xi lays out terms to avoid US-China military conflictFive key things on the agenda for the Trump-Xi summitIn the first row in front of the leaders sit US vice-president JD Vance and his wife Usha Vance, Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her daughter Arabella, US secretary of state Marco Rubio, treasury secretary Scott Bessent, defence secretary Pete Hegseth and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick.Donald Trump is speaking now. He notes that Xi