Trump, Melania to host Xi and Peng for White House ‘double date’: full schedule
Por Khushboo Razdan — South China Morning Post – News feed
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Officials outline a two-couple White House visit and confirm AI and the Busan trade talks are on the agenda
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Khushboo Razdan Published: 9:01am, 19 Sep 2026 Updated: 9:35am, 19 Sep 2026
Donald Trump and Melania Trump will host Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan together across two days in Washington next week: a White House welcome, a state dinner at which both presidents speak, a private tea, and a tour of the United States’ founding documents.
Senior US officials set out the programme late Friday and said the pageantry will sit beside talks on artificial intelligence, a trade truce that expires in November, rare earths, fentanyl and detained foreigners.
The briefing confirmed much of what the South China Morning Post had already reported: that AI would be folded into the pre-summit economic talks , that the Busan trade truce and tariff talks were central , and that the visit would be built as a full state occasion rather than a single day of meetings. SCMP Series Xi’s 2026 trip to US [ 21 of 21 ] Select Voice Select Speed 0.8x 0.9x 1.0x 1.1x 1.2x 1.5x 1.75x 00:00 00:00 1x AI-generated voice
