From cybersecurity to AI to Taiwan, what's at stake in Trump's summit with Xi

NPR | By Terry Gross

Published September 23, 2026 at 12:13 PM EDT

As President Trump and China's President Xi prepare to meet, Rush Doshi of the Council on Foreign Relations explains the current state of U.S.-China relations and what to expect from this summit.

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