The AI Issue America and China Can Cooperate On Now - The Wire China
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Both countries have a converging interest in frontier open-weight AI oversight; it is time to deepen engagement.
By Kristy Loke and Stephen Casper - June 14, 2026 AI Politics Credit: Antonio Francois via Adobe Stock Following their recent summit in Beijing, President Trump, President Xi, and their teams signaled interest in working together on artificial intelligence ‘ guardrails ’ and agreed to establish further government-level dialogue on AI governance. While this has not been officially confirmed, U.S. media have reported that unexpected behaviors of AI systems, autonomous weapons, and misuse of open-source tools by non-state actors were the three AI topics scheduled for discussion at the summit. Dow
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