Takeaways from the Trump–Xi Summit: The Economic Security Angles

Sep 29, 2026

Moderator

Scott Kennedy

Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics

Panelist

Sujai Shivakumar

Director and Senior Fellow, Renewing American Innovation

Panelist

Kate Koren

Deputy Director, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business

Panelist

Ilaria Mazzocco

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics

Panelist

Lauryn Williams

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program

Scope Note

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet for a second time this year. The meeting will take place in Washington in late September. Economic security issues will be central to the talks. These include trade and macroeconomic imbalances, industrial policy, and foreign investment. They also include supply-chain resilience, clean-tech and energy markets, and cybersecurity. Dual-use technologies and artificial intelligence complete the list. Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy will moderate a discussion on how these issues played out at the summit.

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Takeaways from the Trump–Xi Summit: The Economic Security Angles

This event is made possible by generous support to CSIS. · Sep 29, 2026