Chinese President Xi Jinping tells U.S. President Donald Trump at the start of a two-day summit that trade negotiations are making progress, according to remarks reported by China’s state news agency Xinhua. The reports indicate that Xi frames the trade track as moving forward while also highlighting a major point of friction: Taiwan. Xi warns that disagreement over Taiwan could push China-U.S. relations onto a “dangerous” path, underscoring the potential for the Taiwan issue to affect broader bilateral ties. In response, Trump characterizes the talks as possibly extensive, as described in coverage of the opening of the summit. The two outlets agree that Xi’s message combines optimism about trade discussions with a caution about how differences over Taiwan could worsen tensions. Overall, the coverage depicts the summit as balancing economic negotiations with heightened sensitivity around Taiwan, with both leaders signaling that progress in one area does not eliminate risk in the other.