{
  "id": 9236592,
  "title": "As Trump and Xi meet, investors play both sides of AI divide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/as-trump-and-xi-meet-investors-play-both-sides-of-ai-divide",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-23T01:18:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/as-trump-and-xi-meet-investors-play-both-sides-of-ai-divide-4910098"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As China and the US compete to establish distinct AI supply chains, investors are leveraging both markets, with US banks raising capital for Chinese AI startups and Chinese funds flowing into US technology. This financial linkage, which has surged to nearly $750 billion in US equity held by Hong Kong residents and mainland Chinese, adds a complex layer to the geopolitical rivalry, akin to the Cold War space race. With key figures like Donald Trump and Xi Jinping set to meet in Washington, investors hope the summit will ease tensions and foster stability in AI development. Despite political volatility, US and Chinese businesses continue to engage, maintaining mutual investments and interests in each other's markets. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng have discussed establishing a US-China AI dialogue to maintain ties amid escalating tensions. Wall Street banks have been active in China's AI listing boom, advising on over a dozen AI and semiconductor IPOs, contributing to the flow of capital across both sides of the 'Silicon Curtain.'",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "US and China compete to build separate AI supply chains",
    "$750 billion in US equity held by Hong Kong residents and mainland Chinese",
    "Trump and Xi meet in Washington to ease tensions and foster AI stability"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Investors' deepening financial ties between the US and China, despite rising geopolitical tensions, suggest that the AI rivalry may play out as a form of interdependent competition rather than strict separation.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}