China and U.S. agree to establish AI safety channel and continue trade and military talks

Following a three-day Washington summit, the U.S. and China agreed to establish a dedicated AI incident communication channel, with a formal AI dialogue scheduled for November. The two sides signed a memorandum on military crisis communications and extended their trade truce by two months. China committed to importing at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal annually in 2027 and 2028, while both governments continued working toward tariff reductions on roughly $30 billion in goods. Trump explicitly ruled out deeper AI integration, asserting a U.S. lead of one to two years over China. No major breakthroughs emerged, but analysts characterized the institutionalized working-level mechanisms as meaningful progress toward conflict prevention.