Economy / Markets
Trump and Xi prepare for a Thursday White House summit framed as a low-expectations truce-management exercise
President Donald Trump will personally greet President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday evening ahead of Thursday's White House summit and a state dinner that Nvidia chief Jensen Huang is expected to attend. Officials and analysts are publicly framing the meeting as a high-stakes but low-deliverable encounter focused on extending the November 10 trade truce, easing AI and rare-earth tensions, and managing the war in Iran. CSIS will host a Friday morning State of Play webcast to assess the outcomes.