Trump met his Chinese counterpart on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, outside Washington on Wednesday rather than wait back at the White House for an official greeting. It’s the first time he has ever shown a visiting world leader that courtesy.

Trump rolled out a red carpet not once but twice for Xi. The leaders walked side by side down a 100-foot-long red carpet after Xi’s Air China plane landed at Andrews. Another red carpet was laid out Thursday morning when Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, arrived at the White House for the summit’s first full day.

In the evening, Trump feted Xi at a state dinner whose menu included sesame-crusted sea bass and braised bok choy, followed by a dessert of vanilla crémeux and honey ice cream.

“As the leaders of our two nations, President Xi and I both understand that we represent different systems, but the ties between our people endure, and we’ve never gotten along better since the first trade ships from New York left the harbor to arrive on the banks of the Pearl River,” Trump said at the dinner.

He gave his guest a statue of a bald eagle as a gift.

All the pomp and ceremony might appear unusual given Trump’s past complaints that China has meddled in elections and exploited the U.S. through trade. Just two months ago, Trump gave a rare primetime speech asserting that China interfered in the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden.

But Trump, who has long believed that personal relationships are key to managing geopolitical tensions, has set out to charm the Chinese leader.

“From the time of my first election in 2016, President Xi and I have forged a friendship — a truly great friendship, actually — built on mutual respect and the vital interests of our people,” Trump said Thursday morning in joint public statements he and Xi made before they held a private meeting in the Oval Office.

Xi struck a cordial tone in his remarks, saying he and Trump have developed a “personal rapport and stayed in touch.”

He also made an announcement certain to delight American children and anyone who has ever logged on to a panda-cam feed for a respite from life’s pressures: China will soon send two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shang, to the Atlanta zoo, Xi said.

In an unusual rebuke from a member of Trump’s own party, Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday in a speech on the Senate floor that, “quite frankly, had the White House asked me for advice, I would have suggested the president not invite Xi Jinping to Washington for such a lavish welcome here in the United States of America, based on all of the troubling issues we have with President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party.”

China may also have aided Iran in the war with the U.S. An F-15 fighter jet that was shot down over Iran in April was most likely hit by a Chinese-made shoulder-launched missile, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News. And in the early days of the seven-month-old conflict, China may have given Iran radar capabilities to help spot stealth aircraft, according to one of the people and a U.S. official with knowledge of the matter.

Honoring the leader of the world’s largest communist country may also undercut an argument Trump has made to discredit Democrats in the midterm elections. He has warned repeatedly that Democratic candidates would steer the U.S. in a communist direction if they are elected.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told NBC News on Thursday, “I personally look at the red-carpet treatment and thought it was a little bit over the top.”

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said in an interview that while he didn’t mind seeing Xi thrown a dinner, “I don’t think the president ought to believe his bull—-.”

After the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, the Iranian regime exerted a chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping lane for oil supplies.

Xi “could open up that strait with a phone call, and in a myriad of ways, he is helping Iran with military equipment, intelligence,” Kennedy said. “The guy learned to lie before he learned to talk.”

No substantive breakthroughs are expected at the summit, foreign policy experts said. The two presidents were set to discuss trade, the Iran war and artificial intelligence, among other issues that have divided the U.S. and China. Trump entered the summit in a weakened posture, experts said, vexed by the prolonged Iran war and looming midterm congressional elections in which his party could lose its slim majority. He lacks the leverage needed to wring concessions from China, experts said.

Mark Montgomery, a retired Navy admiral, said at a pre-summit event hosted by the FDD think tank: “We have a president entering this playing a weak hand. I’m not 100% sure President Trump knows he’s playing a weak hand. I am 100% sure that leader Xi knows Trump is playing a weak hand.”

One area of cooperation might be the creation of a hotline that the U.S. and China could use to cope with an emergency arising from rapidly evolving AI technology, Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested in an interview on “Fox & Friends” this week.

“It’s not a bad idea; it’s one that we’ll explore with the Chinese, among others,” Rubio said.

Along with closed-door meetings, Trump made a point to show off his prized White House projects. He took Xi outside to see the helipad he built on the South Lawn. Both men pointed down at the granite base.

When the leaders passed the press corps at one point, Trump said, “We had a great meeting.” He said Xi was “an expert on stone, aside from many other things, and he loves good granite.”

Xi said nothing.

Walking with Xi along the West Wing Colonnade, Trump pointed to his “Presidential Walk of Fame” — pictures and biographical accounts of former presidents. He paused at the portrait of Biden, showing how he has mocked Biden by referring to him as “Autopen,” the device that presidents have used when they don’t have time to sign their own names to documents. A video snippet released by the White House shows the two presidents chuckling at the picture of Biden, with Trump giving Xi a friendly pat on the arm.

Confronting Xi in the moment may prove difficult for Trump. Xi is president for life; Trump is a president at risk of losing his governing majority in Congress. His approval rating has hit a second-term low.

One source of Xi’s leverage is his hold over rare earth materials, which are used in high-tech manufacturing. Last year, Trump slapped China with steep tariffs, igniting a trade war. Trump has long complained that China’s trade policies have bled the U.S. of wealth.

A statement from the White House in April 2025, tied to Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, said Chinese practices “have given China global dominance in key manufacturing industries, decimating U.S. industry.”

But China’s command of rare earth supplies has proved an effective countermeasure, a resource the Trump administration can’t afford to lose. The two sides agreed to a trade truce last year, and on Wednesday they agreed to extend it two months, from Nov. 10 to Jan. 10.

Viewers who wanted to watch the summit live faced unusual difficulties following a media ban that Trump imposed last week. He barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from entering the White House grounds, prompting them to sue to regain access.

CNN is part of the five-network press “pool” that provides real-time coverage of the president’s public events. In solidarity with CNN and the other outlets that were banned, the other networks opted to suspend video pool coverage of Trump.

Confusion reigned in the hours before Xi arrived. ABC News had been scheduled to provide the pooled video feed. A White House official hurriedly approached a network journalist and asked where the camera was. Absent any clarity over when the banned outlets’ access would be restored, ABC declined to record.

Trump took notice that TV coverage had thinned. He wrote on social media that CNN and MS NOW “refused to cover one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng.”

Journalists from both CNN and MS NOW were physically unable to cover Xi’s arrival at the White House. Though a federal judge had ruled overnight that their access must be restored, they were still barred from entering the White House until about two hours after Xi showed up.

During a photo spray with Xi later in the day, Trump joked that China had the friendliest press corps, according to a press pool report.

A Reporters Without Borders survey of press freedoms worldwide ranked China 178th out of 180 countries, sandwiched between North Korea and Iran.

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The issue emerged from a cockpit software update and can occur when flight crews alter their planned flight path after a missed approach, the report said.

When reached for comment, Boeing said it informed all 737 operators last month about the software issue under which pilots may not have access to automated flight guidance during a specific landing scenario.

“We shared information with operators that reinforced existing pilot procedures for safely handling such cases. Our engineers are working on a software update to permanently address the issue,” Boeing said in an emailed statement to Reuters.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was aware of a potential issue in a software update for the flight computers on certain Boeing 737 MAX airplanes and was working closely with Boeing and the airlines.

“The FAA will convene a Corrective Action Review Board and will take immediate action if it identifies a safety concern,” the FAA said in a statement.

Boeing has been under intense regulatory and safety scrutiny in recent years following two fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 that led to a worldwide grounding of the aircraft, and after a mid-air cabin panel blowout on a nearly new Alaska Airlines MAX 9.

Southwest Airlines and United Airlines have asked Boeing not to deliver new 737 MAX aircraft equipped with the affected software and instead requested an earlier version, according to WSJ.

It was not immediately clear how many aircraft are operating with the flawed software, the report said. Boeing, airlines and regulators are assessing the issue and whether it poses a flight-safety concern, it added.

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“At the recent Japan-US summit meeting, President Trump expressed concern about the yen’s weakness,” Katayama said at a regular news conference, adding that she was disclosing the exchange for the first time after consulting with the Prime Minister’s Office.

“Prime Minister Takaichi told him, as a general principle, that an undervalued yen is problematic,” Katayama said.

Katayama’s unusually frank account of leaders’ talks, which governments typically keep confidential, points to shared concern in Tokyo and Washington over the yen’s continued slide despite their joint intervention in July.

Takaichi met Trump in New York on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. She later told reporters they had a “timely” discussion about China ahead of Trump’s planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Katayama said the leaders’ discussion on foreign exchange reaffirmed the shared US-Japan stance behind their July 31 coordinated intervention, including a commitment to counter excessive volatility and disorderly moves in the yen.

“In light of this summit meeting, Treasury Secretary (Scott) Bessent and I will continue to communicate closely on a range of matters, including foreign exchange,” she said.

The dollar has been rallying against the yen and other major currencies, driven by strong US economic data, a hawkish Federal Reserve and surging US bond yields.

The yen strengthened slightly after Katayama’s remarks, rising from 158.60 per dollar to trade at around 158.

The weak yen is driving up energy import costs that are already elevated due to the US-Israeli war on Iran, fueling concerns about an inflation overshoot, a headache for Japanese policymakers and for the US, which is worried that a selloff in Japanese bonds could spill over into the Treasury market.

Katayama declined to comment on whether global rises in government bond yields were discussed at the Japan-US summit.

The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield jumped to a 30-year high of 3.115% on Friday following a steep selloff in the US market.

At a separate news conference, Minoru Kiuchi, the minister in charge of economic revitalization and an ally of Takaichi’s reflationist camp, said the phase of Abenomics-style reflation policies, with monetary easing and agile fiscal spending, is over.

Kiuchi’s remarks appeared to respond to comments from Bessent, who recently suggested that Japan’s priority should be fighting inflation rather than stimulating growth, signaling concern about what he sees as lingering elements of Abenomics in Takaichi’s policies and among her political allies.

Hirofumi Suzuki, chief FX strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, said remarks by both Katayama and Kiuchi reflected a heightened sense of concern over the yen’s weakness, particularly after Tokyo conducted rate checks on Friday, a move that is often viewed as a precursor to currency intervention.

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The S&P 500 ended lower by 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.9% as oil prices rose, pushing Brent crude oil back above $106 per barrel.

Earlier in the day, Brent rose beyond $108, but the jump moderated after reports said mediators planned to meet with U.S. and Iranian officials separately to discuss the stalemate between the two sides over the war with Iran. Iran’s semiofficial ISNA news agency downplayed the significance of the meetings, saying that Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, would attend talks with mediators but that no U.S. representatives would be present.

Other reports throughout the day that said President Donald Trump was open to offering Iran economic concessions to reboot talks and reach a deal also took some of the heat off oil prices. NBC News has not confirmed those reports.

Over the weekend, Trump said he had rejected a recent proposal from Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which critical energy supplies flowed before the war.

“They want to make a deal, and I think that’s fine,” Trump told reporters in Washington. “I like making a deal too, but … that deal would not be acceptable.”

Monday’s rocky oil trading has been a familiar feature of this year’s turbulent markets.

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Bond yields also surged to fresh multiyear highs.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose as high as 5.27%, its highest since mid-June 2007. A wide swath of other Treasurys also continued to trade above 5%, and the yield on the 30-year bond hit its highest level since May 2004.

The 2-year Treasury, which is often viewed as a signal of where the market expects central bank rates to go, reached its highest level since 2024.

Market watchers’ anxiety has grown alongside the rise in bond yields.

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“The significant increase in oil prices so far this year hasn’t knocked the wind out of the global economy’s sails,” longtime market analyst Ed Yardeni wrote Saturday. “The question is whether rapidly rising interest rates will do so.”

“Unfortunately, these higher rates also exacerbate the outlook for large government deficits worldwide,” wrote Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research.

Still, stocks have largely remained resilient in the face of rising inflation from higher oil prices and bond yields that keep shooting higher.

Part of the reason “is that financial conditions have changed little” since January, analysts at Goldman Sachs said. They added that “the substantial rise in interest rates has been nearly offset by the effects of higher equity prices.”

But the equity market’s rise this year has been driven primarily by just a few sectors, which troubles some analysts.

For the year so far, the S&P 500 has risen a little more than 12%. But a look under the hood reveals a different story. The information technology sector has gained 27% this year, and the energy sector has added 38%.

The healthcare, industrials and materials sectors are up 10%. But the real estate, consumer staples and communication services sectors have all gained less than 7%. The utilities, financial and consumer discretionary sectors have all contracted.

On top of higher oil prices, rising bond yields and geopolitical headlines that could swing stocks in either direction at a moment’s notice, the end of the month features prominent central bank meetings, including meetings at the Federal Reserve, where rates could rise further.

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Under the U.S.-China Board of Trade, both countries have each recommended $30 billion of trade in nonsensitive goods for more favorable tariff treatment, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement on Sunday.

For the United States, that was “unlocking improved market access” for about 30% of U.S. exports to China, he said.

The reciprocal tariff reduction as well as an extension of a trade truce were among the key takeaways from the second summit this year between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump, hosted in Washington last week.

One of two lists from the White House showed that China planned to trim duties on a variety of US agricultural goods including corn, wheat, sorghum, meat, dairy, vegetable oils and meals. It did not include soybeans.

Beijing will also look to reduce levies on American fish and seafood, logs and wood products, cosmetics and medical devices.

In another list were Washington’s reciprocal tariff cuts for Chinese small appliances such as coffee makers and toasters, tableware, blankets and bed linens.

The lists also included toys, fireworks, artificial flowers, Christmas tree lamps and other holiday decorations, and children’s car seats.

China’s commerce ministry said on Monday a two-month extension of a trade truce with the United States through Jan. 10 would provide room for both sides to evaluate their ongoing arrangement to resolve economic and trade issues, while considering how to advance on those fronts.

The extension also provides a “relatively stable and predictable policy environment” for cooperation among companies and continued active discussions.

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The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of a two-way annual trade between the two northern neighbors. But it further ratchets up President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war with America’s longtime ally and trading partner.

The import ban “certainly won’t do anything to help the trade tensions between the United States and Canada,” said trade attorney Patrick Childress, a partner at Holland & Knight and a former U.S. trade official.

The latest sparring began over the summer when Trump reached back to a Great Depression law to impose 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, charging that Canada discriminates against U.S. dairy, auto and alcoholic beverage producers. Canada promptly counterpunched with tariffs of 15%, 25% or 50%, matching U.S. imports dollar for dollar.

To punish Canada for retaliating against his tariffs, Trump decided to ban a list of Canadian products, effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday.

The economic impact is likely to be minimal. Childress noted that the products on the banned list were already facing Trump’s tariffs. “For a lot of these goods, the 50% was already acting as a de facto ban by making importation from Canada into the United States uneconomical,″ he said.

Jacob Jensen, director of trade policy at the center-right American Action Forum think tank, calculates that the ban would cover $967 million worth of Canadian imports, based on 2025 numbers. Of that, 87% would be alcoholic beverages that the U.S. targeted because of some Canadian provinces responding to Trump’s provocations by banning U.S. booze from store shelves.

Also banned are some dairy products — including the milk byproduct whey. The two countries have long clashed over Canada’s attempts to protect its dairy industry from foreign competition by imposing hefty tariffs once dairy imports have exceeded a quota.

The ban also covers motorcycles. Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) in Quebec confirmed that its three-wheel Can-Am Spyder and Canyon motorcycles “will be excluded from importation into the U.S.” But BRP said the impact likely won’t be felt until next year because it has completed most production and shipments for the current season.

“This marks yet another escalation in the trade war that may result in further retaliation on the Canadian side,” Jensen said. He expects Canadian exporters and U.S. importers “impacted by these bans will be highly motivated” to demand that trade officials on both sides find some way to reach a “resolution of this whole ordeal.”

The impasse imperils efforts to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a North American trade pact Trump pressured America’s neighbors into accepting in his first term and which he once declared “the most modern, up-to-date, and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country.”

The deal allowed most goods to cross North American borders duty-free. But since returning to the White House last year, Trump has announced a series of tariffs that have clouded the future of trade in the region.

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Trump has directed most of his ire at Canada. He is openly seeking to pull Canadian manufacturing south. And he has inflamed public opinion in Canada by repeatedly suggesting that the country become America’s 51st state.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney came to power last year on a promise to stand up to Trump. In addition to retaliating against Trump tariffs — China is the only other country to do so, with very different results — Carney has sought to reduce Canada’s reliance on the United States, which last year accounted for more than 70% of Canadian exports.

“There is now a price to be paid for access to the United States market,” Carney said earlier this month. The Canadian prime minister wants to double Canada’s non-U.S. trade over the next decade.

Carney has also embraced the prospect of Canada becoming the European Union’s first associate member. And he said last week that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and that the two countries are aiming to conclude talks by the G20 summit in mid-December.

Carney also broke with the U.S. earlier this year, striking a deal with China to allow a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada at a sharply reduced tariff in exchange for China lowering tariffs on Canadian canola.

“We take note of the coming into force of the Administration’s previously announced trade measures,” said Gabriel Brunet, a spokesman for Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. “Our first priority remains on protecting and supporting Canadian workers, farmers, families, and businesses from these unjustified actions. Our core focus is on what we can control: building strength at home, diversifying our partnerships abroad, and building Canada strong for all Canadians.”

Trump expressed confidence that the Canadians would cave in.

“They’re gonna come in and they’re gonna say, ‘Sir, we are sorry,’” he told reporters Monday. “They’ve treated the United States very, very badly. I think a deal will be made but it’s gonna be fair.”

Trade attorney Childress said the standoff is likely to continue for months, not weeks. The import bans and the tariffs so far “probably won’t cause enough economic upheaval to force either party back to the negotiating table,” he said.

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Fast forward to September 2026, and the landscape looks entirely different. The flagship Xbox Series X now carries a hefty price tag ranging from 749.99 to 899.99 dollars depending on the edition and storage capacity you select. For budget conscious gamers, the all digital Series S offers a middle ground with prices between 499.99 and 599.99 dollars. This steep climb reflects not just the massive leaps in processing power and technology over two and a half decades, but also the relentless pressure of economic inflation hitting consumer electronics.

Looking back at the trajectory reveals a steady upward trend since those Halo 2 days. The Xbox 360 initially mirrored its predecessor’s entry point at roughly 300 dollars back in 2005, though premium models eventually pushed costs higher. By the time the Xbox One arrived in 2014, the standard starting price had jumped to nearly 500 dollars. Interestingly, even within the current generation, prices have surged significantly since their initial launch in 2020, with many models seeing increases of several hundred dollars over the last few years.

Today’s collectors face an even wider gap between utility and value. While some basic vintage units can still be found for under fifty dollars on certain resale markets, graded special editions often fetch thousands from nostalgic buyers. Meanwhile, newcomers looking for latest gear may find themselves paying nearly nine hundred dollars for limited releases like the twenty fifth anniversary Series X25. Whether you are chasing cutting edge performance or hunting for retro gems, it is clear that owning an Xbox has become a much larger investment than it was twenty five years ago.

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The centerpiece of this partnership is the debut of the Headphone (1) Pro, which Nothing describes as its most advanced audio hardware to date. These headphones boast a sophisticated triple driver architecture and were fine tuned alongside engineers at Metropolis Studios to ensure a neutral sound profile ideal for music producers and creators. Built from a blend of aluminum and titanium for a lightweight yet premium feel, the device includes a ten microphone system for real time adaptive noise cancellation and an impressive battery life reaching up to sixty eight hours.

Nothing co founder and CEO Carl Pei praised V’s instinctive approach to art, stating that the singer’s willingness to experiment with different sounds and ignore traditional formulas makes him the perfect face for the brand. By aligning with someone who constantly pushes boundaries, Pei believes Nothing can better define what technical excellence looks like for a new generation of digital natives and artists.

V joins an elite circle of ambassadors, following in the footsteps of Charli xcx who recently drove massive sales for previous models through her own campaigns. While those earlier versions saw rapid sell outs across Europe, expectations are equally high for this latest release. The Headphone (1) Pro will retail for 399 dollars starting September 29, 2026, and will be available via Amazon, Best Buy in North America, and directly through the company website.

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