{"id":335984,"date":"2026-09-26T01:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/trump-xi-wrap-state-visit-centered-on-spectacle-over-substance-here-are-the-top-takeaways.html"},"modified":"2026-09-26T01:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T01:31:07","slug":"trump-xi-wrap-state-visit-centered-on-spectacle-over-substance-here-are-the-top-takeaways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/trump-xi-wrap-state-visit-centered-on-spectacle-over-substance-here-are-the-top-takeaways.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Xi wrap state visit centered on spectacle over substance. Here are the top takeaways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One concrete deliverable came when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S. and China  agreed to <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">continue their soon-to-expire trade truce<\/a> until Jan. 10, a two-month extension of the agreement inked last year.<\/p>\n<p>Without specifying a date, Xi noted a &#8220;new joint arrangement&#8221; on bilateral trade, according to Beijing&#8217;s readout of his meeting with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The truce, struck after Trump and Xi met in Busan, South Korea, lowered U.S. tariffs and suspended Beijing&#8217;s controls on exports of rare earths and critical minerals, among other provisions. <\/p>\n<p>China experts told CNBC a shorter extension could slightly favor the U.S., which can use the prospect of renewed trade hostilities as leverage. <\/p>\n<p>Many had expected a longer, six-month extension. But the shorter time frame could give both sides negotiating leverage into future talks between Xi and Trump. They are <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">expected to meet twice more<\/a> this year: at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China, in November, and the G20 in Miami in December.<\/p>\n<p>After those two events, &#8220;I think you need to be cautious that things will not stay as calm as they look right now,&#8221; Kennedy said Friday on CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Squawk Box Asia<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As some have said, on the surface, like a polo match, things look relatively calm, but underneath, there&#8217;s a lot of kicking, and that kicking will become more visible as we get to the new year,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Article source: https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/09\/25\/trump-xi-summit-takeaways.html<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One concrete deliverable came when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the U.S. and China agreed to continue their soon-to-expire trade truce until Jan. 10, a two-month extension of the agreement inked last year. Without specifying a date, Xi noted a &#8220;new joint arrangement&#8221; on bilateral trade, according to Beijing&#8217;s readout of his meeting with Trump. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-335984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}