U.S. and China Set AI Dialogue and Incident Channel Alongside $30 Billion Tariff Plan

The United States and China have agreed to create a bilateral AI dialogue and an incident communication channel, pairing AI risk-management talks with tariff relief on about US$30 billion of goods in each direction. The package gives the world's two largest AI powers a formal line for emergencies, but it leaves the technical trigger points, participants and escalation rules undisclosed.