President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, July 23, 2026, that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States on Thursday, September 24, 2026. The announcement was made during remarks at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where Trump discussed his administration's efforts to expand AI data centers.

Trump emphasized the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the upcoming talks, calling it "probably the biggest thing anybody's ever seen" and stressing that the United States must maintain its lead over China in the race to dominate this technology. "Whoever wins that race is probably going to win, period," he said.

The two leaders last met earlier this year during Trump's trip to Beijing, where Trump extended an invitation to Xi to visit the White House. Ahead of the visit, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for what Rubio described as a "very positive visit," according to Reuters.

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