Trump lays out the pomp for Xi, but says little about the significant tensions in U.S.-China relations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met for high stakes talks on Thursday at an urgent moment for the U.S.-China relationship, with the world’s preeminent powers divided on the war in the Iran and still grappling to find common ground on trade and how to best nav- igate the jarring advances of artificial intelligence.