Justin Sun, the China-born founder of the Tron blockchain, participated in the dinner while he is fighting a market manipulation case in the US

The White House announced a "China trade deal" in a May 11 statement, but did not disclose details. The apparent agreement came together sooner than most observers expected after Trump's 145% tariffs on Chinese imports virtually halted $600 billion in annual trade between the world's two largest economies.

The president has backtracked repeatedly on his tariff policies, creating a whiplash with downsides and few clear benefits so far.

Donald Trump touted a 90-day pause on his trade war with China, which will see both countries back away from sky high tariffs that had ground shipments to a halt. In a joint statement, the U.S. and China said that they would suspend their tariffs for three months as negotiations continue.

Both the U.S. and China could be back at the negotiation table again soon to hash out further details, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

The sweeping directives, which senior White House officials dubbed “total and complete reform,” will force the 50-year-old agency to decide on nuclear reactor licenses within

Washington’s recent revocation of Biden-era rules governing access to artificial-intelligence chips does not mean that the US is easing its curbs on China’s technological development, the South China Morning Post suggests.

One notable claim Trump made during his speech focused on hypersonic weapons, which he mentioned in relation to a project completed by eight West Point cadets in which they designed and launched a hypersonic rocket to an altitude of just under 150 kilometers (roughly 93 miles).