US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Washington this week, with AI, trade and Taiwan expected to be on the agenda for the leaders of the global superpowers. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.

Xi will be greeted personally by Trump at Andrews Air Force Base on the eve of a White House state dinner and a military flyover.

The three-day trip marks Xi's first state visit to the US since 2015 and his third meeting with Trump in the past year.

Adding to the high-stakes state visit, a US-China trade agreement reached last year is set to expire in November.

The trade truce - reached in October 2025 as Trump and Xi met in South Korea - saw Washington suspend steep tariff increases on Chinese goods while Beijing eased back from restricting rare earth exports critical for manufacturing.

Experts said they will be watching for some sort of announcement around an extension of this agreement during the forthcoming state visit.

Xi's trip to Washington, which ends on Friday, will have plenty of pomp and pageantry, and includes lavish dinners, private tours and performances.

He will be accompanied by First Lady Peng Liyuan who is expected to visit the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art with US First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday.

David Sacks, a fellow for Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, described the planned extravagant welcome by Trump as "really unprecedented".

"From meeting Xi Jinping at Andrews Air Force Base to having a flyover for Xi as well, this is not something afforded to any US ally," Sacks said, "much less an adversary like China.

"It's quite, quite stunning," he continued.

Trump is expected to address several issues as he meets Xi, particularly on tariffs and trade.

The US president has long criticised his country's trade deficit with China, which stands at more than $91bn (£68.2bn), according to the latest US Census Bureau data.

Also, Chinese rare earth exports to the US are down, despite the agreement last October.

US and Chinese officials held trade talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, but failed to make meaningful progress ahead of the Xi visit, multiple sources told the BBC.

The talks focused on finding areas of agreement around non-tariff trade issues and agricultural exports, according to sources familiar with White House thinking.

US negotiators were expected to continue talks with Chinese counterparts in Washington on Wednesday after Xi's arrival.

Another likely talking point between Trump and Xi is artificial intelligence, a topic that David Firestein from the Bush China Foundation said has "climbed rapidly toward the top of the agenda" ahead of this visit.

China and the US are competing in what has been described as an AI arms race. But after a series of recent high-profile security incidents involving the emergent technology, there has been growing pressure on the Trump administration to regulate AI and slow its development.

Senator Bernie Sanders wrote on X this week: "For the sake of all humanity, Trump and Xi must negotiate a treaty NOW to pause AI and ban superintelligence before it's too late."

Trump's former White House adviser Steve Bannon and some Republicans in Congress have also warned about dangers posed by AI.

The president, who views the technology as vital to the US economy and a battleground in a global struggle for power, has been reluctant.

He views defeating China in the AI race as a primary objective. "Whoever wins AI, wins," Trump has said.

Firestein told the BBC he expects Trump and Xi to discuss ways for AI collaboration.