U.S. President Donald Trump picked up Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Alaska en route to a high-stakes Beijing summit with China's Xi Jinping, while his top trade negotiator Scott Bessent began preparatory talks with Chinese officials in South Korea.

Trump said earlier this week that he wanted to “open up” China-U.S. business. In opening remarks ahead of what he called the “biggest summit ever,” he told Xi that the U.S. offer would be “totally reciprocal.

Wall Street is poised to open with gains Thursday following another record-setting day and developments emerging from U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. S&P futures rose 0.

President Donald Trump invited China’s leader Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, for a White House visit on Sept. 24. “We look forward to it,” Trump said during remarks at a banquet in Beijing. The president called the high-stakes summit Thursday a “fantastic day” and “historic,

Trump's speech: "This bond of commerce and respect that stretches back 250 years is the foundation for a future that benefits both of our nations.”

China's President Xi Jinping hailed ​on Thursday a "new positioning" of ties with the ‌United States that envisages ‌cooperation with measured competition, following his ⁠summit with ⁠President Donald Trump.