Trump's delegation landed in Beijing under a digital lockdown — personal phones left behind, stripped-down devices only, operating under the assumption that anything brought into China could be compromised. Federal guidelines warn against plugging into unknown USB ports, where experts say compromised hardware could potentially extract data or install malicious software — a tactic known as "juice jacking." The precautions extend to the CEO delegation traveling with the president, including Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Tim Cook, Kelly Ortberg, Cristiano Amon, and Larry Fink.
Inside the Great Hall of the People, Trump and Xi held what the White House described as a "good meeting." The two leaders agreed to frame their relationship as "constructive, strategic and stable" — a new positioning intended to guide ties for the next three years. Xi said China's door to US businesses "will only open wider" and called for expanded cooperation in trade, health, agriculture, and military communication. But he also issued a stark warning on Taiwan: "If handled poorly, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, pushing the entire relationship into a very dangerous situation." Markets reacted cautiously — China's yuan hit a three-year high while stocks pulled back, with investors waiting for concrete outcomes. Trump and Xi could meet at least twice more in 2026 — at APEC in Shenzhen and the G20 in Miami.
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