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As Trump prepares for Xi’s visit, U.S. and China exchange blows over AI and trade

Despite an escalating series of disagreements, analysts say “there is sufficient tolerance on both sides for some of these antics by the other.”

U.S. President Trump Meets With China's President Xi At Zhongnanhai

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in May.Evan Vucci / Getty Images

Aug. 13, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT

By Jennifer Jett

HONG KONG — With a Washington visit from Chinese leader Xi Jinping fast approaching, tensions between the world’s two biggest economies are flaring even as they seek to maintain a fragile trade truce.

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