Xi Jinping says talks with Trump yielded "common understanding on many issues"

President Donald Trump hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a state visit centered on a black-tie dinner and bilateral talks that produced no breakthroughs on trade, artificial intelligence, Taiwan or Iran. Xi characterized the discussions as yielding agreement across numerous topics and offering fresh direction for the relationship, but gave no specifics in his toast. A Chinese government readout said Xi asked Washington to reject Taiwanese independence; the White House had not issued its own account of the talks. Tech executives attended the dinner, while demonstrators outside chanted slogans audible as the leaders posed on the steps. The visit was Xi's first to Washington in more than a decade and the pair's second meeting this year. US broadcast networks declined to air their remarks, objecting to the White House excluding several outlets.