President Trump stated on September 24 that his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping would not produce any meaningful framework for regulating artificial intelligence. On Truth Social, Trump indicated he was fine leaving the matter untouched, arguing that the Department of Justice was all the guardrail America needed. This position places the United States squarely in alignment with China’s own preference for developing first and regulating later. The Washington summit on September 23-24 was a follow-up to a meeting in Beijing in May 2026 where both leaders had already discussed standard AI guardrails and Nvidia H200 chip exports without reaching any formal agreement. Even the seemingly uncontroversial goal of preventing AI misuse by non-state actors has not translated into binding commitments from either side.
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