"Partners, Not Rivals": Trump, Xi Signal De-escalation

In a dramatic shift from the combative rhetoric of recent years, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged from hours of closed-door deliberations at the Great Hall of the People with a unified message of "strategic partnership."

As the global economy reels from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the world’s two largest superpowers appear to be seeking a "grand bargain" to ensure global stability.

Xi statements

• US and China benefit from cooperation and lose through confrontation.
• China and the United States must become partners, not rivals.

Trump statements

• Our talks with the Chinese president were positive and constructive.
• Our relations with China have grown from the founding of the United States to today.
• We have an opportunity to find a future marked by greater cooperation and prosperity with China.
• I invite the Chinese president to visit the United States on September 24.

This is a developing story.