Here’s How Trump and Xi Can Make Progress on A.I.

President Xi Jinping of China is throwing his weight around as he prepares to arrive in Washington.

When Chinese and American leaders gathered for summits in the past, it was the American president who held the cards. Not so this time. What’s sobering about Xi’s visit to the United States in the coming days — and a reflection of the way President Trump has diminished America — is that this may be the first China-U.S. summit in which China appears in the lead role.

“In the past, American leaders generally drove the relationship, but now Xi is in the driver’s seat,”........

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