US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet at the White House on September 24, with soybean purchases, energy trade, rare earth supplies and tariff relief central to efforts to preserve a trade truce due to expire on November 10. The meeting will be their second in-person encounter this year, following Trump’s May visit to Beijing, and Xi’s first Washington visit in roughly a decade. China committed at an October 2025 meeting in Busan, South Korea, to buy 25 million metric tons of US soybeans annually through 2028, while US officials say Beijing later pledged an additional $17 billion a year in agricultural imports. Chinese soybean purchases approached 1 million metric tons in early September, after recent US export sales of about 1.7 million metric tons were largely driven by Chinese demand. Talks may also address a proposed $30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction framework, restrictions affecting US energy exports and Chinese rare earth export controls. Trump plans to welcome Xi at Andrews Air Force Base, while trade and investment boards established after the May meeting provide formal channels for resolving disputes.