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President Donald Trump, right, greets China’s President Xi Jinping on the South Portico of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump lays out the pomp for President Xi but says little about the significant tensions in US-China relations

September 24, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Thursday hailed the “truly great friendship” he has forged with Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader began his highly anticipated state visit.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of Louisiana, speaks at the Republican convention Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

House Speaker Mike Johnson says President Donald Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ needs congressional approval

September 13, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House...

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the Irish Open at the Trump International Golf Links course in Doonbeg, Ireland, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

President Donald Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China

September 13, 2026 at 1:18 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence.

The USS Gerald R. Ford departs from Souda Naval Base near Chania on the island of Crete, Greece, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis, File)

US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere

August 15, 2026 at 12:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran is stretching the limits of U.S. aircraft carriers and leaving the western Pacific without one of the key American warships as China shows more...

FILE – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gestures as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his speech during their visit to the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025.

Japan says Donald Trump has invited its leader to the US. It comes as ties with China are strained.

January 2, 2026 at 7:42 p.m.

President Donald Trump invited Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a phone call Friday to visit the United States this year, the Japanese foreign ministry said.

FILE – President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China’s President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US starts investigating China’s compliance with 2020 trade deal as Donald Trump heads to Asia

October 24, 2025 at 6:08 p.m.

U.S. officials are launching an investigation into whether China lived up to its commitments under a 2020 trade pact that President Donald Trump described at the time as “an incredible...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attends the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo)

To hit back at the United States in their trade war, China borrows from the US playbook

October 19, 2025 at 7:26 p.m.

China likes to condemn the United States for extending its arm too far outside of its borders to make demands on non-American companies. But when it sought to hit back...

President Donald Trump calls on a reporter to ask a question during a meeting with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Donald Trump suggests canceling Xi meeting and threatens more tariffs after China restricts key exports

October 10, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea and threatened...

Brian Warpup inspects one of his soybean fields in Warren, Indiana, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Trump’s trade battle with China puts US soybean farmers in peril

September 27, 2025 at 1:24 p.m.

American soybean farmers are worried as China has in effect boycotted their crops to retaliate for the high tariffs President Trump has imposed on Chinese goods.

President Donald Trump says he and China’s Xi will meet in South Korea in coming weeks and he’ll later go to China

September 19, 2025 at 3:36 p.m.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a regional summit taking place at the end of October in South Korea and will visit China...

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