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US and China race to shape AI agenda ahead of Xi-Trump talks in Shenzhen, sources say

South China Morning Post15 October 2026, 01:00 UTCPeople's Republic of China

The United States and China are in regular talks to iron out details of a framework announced last month for handling AI-related incidents and institutionalising bilateral dialogue, multiple sources told the South China Morning Post. The technical teams of the two countries aim to make AI cooperation a potential deliverable when presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Shenzhen next month – their third face-to-face...

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