Trump, wearing a long coat and gloves, and Xi then stood side by side on the tarmac as a military band played, before two B-1 bombers staged a noisy flyover. US president to give red-carpet treatment to Chinese counterpart despite tensions over AI developmentAI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid US-China distrustDonald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the US on Wednesday evening at the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, an unusually generous meeting to kick off the Chinese president’s state visit.For the world leaders’ second meeting this year, the US president is expected to roll out the red carpet for his Chinese counterpart as top issues such as the ra... Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Trump, wearing a long coat and gloves, and Xi then stood side by side on the tarmac as a military band played, before two B-1 bombers staged a noisy flyover.S1

• US president to give red-carpet treatment to Chinese counterpart despite tensions over AI developmentAI looms large over Trump-Xi meeting amid US-China distrustDonald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the US on Wednesday evening at the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews,...S2