Trump and Xi Hold White House Dinner to Discuss AI Governance Amid Chip Export Deadlock

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping gathered at the White House on September 24, 2026, for a state dinner centered on artificial intelligence and other critical bilateral issues, with ten of the world's most prominent technology executives in attendance to observe the discussion. The event, held in the East Room due to State Ballroom renovations, brought together Sam Altman of OpenAI, Jensen Huang of Nvidia, Tim Cook of Apple, Satya Nadella of Microsoft, Sundar Pichai of Google, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Elon Musk of Tesla, Michael Dell of Dell Technologies, Lisa Su of AMD, and Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm—underscoring the stakes that Silicon Valley sees in US-China technology relations.