Final preparation.
The Chinese and the Americans were talking on the phone.
Washington and Beijing are preparing for a meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping not only trade agreements, but also a direct communication channel in case of serious incidents with AI. Preparations for the November 11 summit were discussed by Marco Rubio and Wang Yi - the Chinese side called the conversation positive and constructive.
The most interesting part is trying to agree on how to warn each other of problems with advanced models. According to the head of the US Treasury Department, Scott Bassan, the parties are creating a rapid messaging channel, and also expect to exchange experience in maintaining human control over technology.
The dialogue mechanism on the risks and benefits of AI was agreed back in September, and now the technical teams are working on the details. That is, for the new leaders' meeting, they want to prepare a more specific procedure for interaction on such an urgent issue, which will really work and not remain on paper.
Trade is still more complicated: Beijing is ready to expand purchases of American agricultural products, but first they demand that the agreement on mutual tariff reductions be kept. Washington is referring to the necessary legal procedures and has not yet given a time frame.
The main topic of the summit will be to what extent the parties are willing to implement the decisions discussed. American businesses have already called on the parties to rely less on personal diplomacy of leaders and strengthen working relationships: without them, even frequent meetings do not provide stable certainty for relations and, therefore, the implementation of agreements.
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