{"id":33172,"date":"2026-10-02T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alex.lannee.nl\/?p=33172"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:18:27","slug":"two-pandas-and-a-trade-council-xi-jinpings-state-visit-ends-with-an-eight-point-list-and-a-few-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alex.lannee.nl\/?p=33172","title":{"rendered":"Two pandas and a Trade Council &#8211; Xi Jinping\u2019s state visit ends with an eight-point list and a few surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src='https:\/\/alex.lannee.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/AuroraTemplate\/vendor.js'><\/script><link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/alex.lannee.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/AuroraTemplate\/design.css'\/>\n<div class=\"articleWrapper _hero-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"articleContent _hero-content-body\">\n<h2 class=\"text intro\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-zl14liuw49\">Xi Jinping flew home from Washington on Saturday with an eight-point agreement, a new council for trade talks and a deal that had two giant pandas in Atlanta by Sunday.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-pyscutoogq\">The three-day state visit ended on Friday, 25 September, with tea at the White House and a joint visit to the National Archives, where the two leaders looked at the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, landed back in Beijing on 26 September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-jdb27efflj\">On paper, the result is an eight-point consensus. The two countries agreed to cut tariffs on about $30 billion of each other\u2019s goods, set up a Trade Council to keep talks going, and will start a China\u2013US dialogue on artificial intelligence, due to meet again in November. China invited 100,000 young Americans to visit over five years. And a panda pair, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, arrived at Zoo Atlanta on Sunday, 27 September.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-component-id=\"doc-j9ze209075\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"quotation-mark\"><\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"quote\" doc-editable=\"text\">He has great interest in granite. He\u2019s an expert on stone, aside from many other things \u2013 and he loves good granite.<\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<footer doc-editable=\"author\">Donald Trump, showing Xi the new granite helipad at the White House on 24 September<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-fc6mt9s5ka\">Not everything fitted the script. US Ambassador David Perdue said Trump had asked Xi about buying American weapons. The State Department pointed out that US law prohibits arms sales to China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text body\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-xrm5jk24rn\">The next meetings are already booked: APEC in Shenzhen in November and the G20 in Miami in December.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"text footer\" doc-editable=\"text\" data-component-id=\"doc-idwupktzxi\">Sources: Chinese Embassy in the US, gov.cn, Axios (26 September 2026), WFTV\/AP (24 September), Al Jazeera (27 September), Democracy Now! 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