{
  "id": 9672905,
  "title": "How was dinner? Takeaways from Xi and Trump’s evening at the White House",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/how-was-dinner-takeaways-from-xi-and-trumps-evening-at-the-white-house-9672905",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T01:13:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368731/how-was-dinner-takeaways-xi-and-trumps-evening-white-house"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Thursday evening, Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump hosted a state dinner at the White House to welcome top American business executives and officials. The event followed a day of close discussions between the two leaders, focusing on key issues like Taiwan, the Middle East crisis, and the Ukraine war. At the dinner, the two presidents were seated at the main table alongside prominent American tech leaders, including Tesla's Elon Musk, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Advanced Micro Devices' Lisa Su, and Apple's Tim Cook.\n\nIn their speeches, both leaders emphasized the strong ties between their countries, with Trump acknowledging that despite their different systems, their people remain connected. Xi highlighted the \"new strategic guidance\" provided by their earlier talks, describing the relationship as being at a \"new historical juncture.\" Both emphasized the long history of trade between their nations, with Trump praising how Americans and Chinese have exchanged goods, knowledge, customs, and ideas for centuries, while Xi pointed out that George Washington once acquired a collection of Chinese porcelain, symbolizing the early trade relationship.\n\nOther notable attendees at the state dinner included OpenAI's Sam Altman, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Google's Sundar Pichai, Micron Technology's Sanjay Mehrotra, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, Citigroup's Jane Fraser, Lockheed Martin's James Taiclet, and Pfizer's Albert Bourla. However, no Chinese business executives were present. The dinner featured a menu with American ingredients infused with subtle Chinese influences, a nod to the culinary traditions of both nations, much like the 1972 \"Toast to Peace\" between Nixon and Zhou Enlai.",
  "summary": "Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump addressed top American business executives and officials in the White House’s East Room on Thursday evening, ahead of a state dinner. The dinner capped a tightly scheduled day for the two leaders, who delivered speeches in the morning hailing close ties and urging deeper cooperation. During the day, Xi and Trump held their second face-to-face meeting this…",
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        "published": "2026-09-25T01:01:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "How was dinner? Takeaways from Xi and Trump’s evening at the White House",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/how-was-dinner-takeaways-from-xi-and-trumps-evening-at-the-white-house",
        "published": "2026-09-25T01:13:56.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/trump-praises-us-china-friendship-at-state-dinner-with-xi-jinping",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/trump-hosts-xi-for-state-dinner-as-pomp-masks-tensions",
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      {
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      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/media-outlets-banned-by-trump-denied-access-to-white-house-dinner",
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      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}