How China and the US Can Make AI Safer for Everyone – The Diplomat
Trump and Xi have agreed in principle to AI talks. A “smart” security agenda would cut shared risk, not U.S. leverage. U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed at the recent APEC summit to set a floor under spiraling China-U.S. trade relations, they also agreed to consider cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) in the year ahead. With Trump and Xi planning an exchange of visits in 2026, now is the time for a “smart agenda” to identify which elements of artificial intelligence make sense for Washington to discuss with its top strategic rival. Both sides agree that AI will shape their near-term security planning, driving an intense competition over compute, cloud infrastructure, frontier AI models, and the energy needed to fuel them. The Trump administration’s AI Action Plan captures that focus. It is skeptical o
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