Xi talks to focus on AI, trade, rare earths

Washington, Sep 19 President Donald Trump will discuss artificial intelligence, trade and rare earth supplies with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit next week, with US officials ruling out an exchange of export controls for mineral flows they say Beijing has already promised. The talks in Washington will follow Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Gaza and his administration’s diplomatic efforts are expected to feature in that speech, officials told reporters during Friday briefing. A senior US official said AI and the existing trade arrangement, described as the “Busan truce”,…