U.S. President Donald Trump met Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in New York on Tuesday to demonstrate the strength of the Japan-U.S. alliance and coordinate on China before Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s first state visit to Washington in 11 years. Their talks covered economic security, China’s export controls, Taiwan and maritime tensions, and cooperation in artificial intelligence, semiconductors and critical minerals. The Japanese government said the leaders agreed to strengthen the alliance’s deterrence and response capabilities, reaffirmed support for the complete denuclearization of North Korea and discussed U.S. sanctions on International Criminal Court officials. The meeting followed Takaichi’s March visit to Washington and a brief conversation with Trump at a Group of Seven summit in France in June. Japan and China have remained in a diplomatic freeze since Takaichi said in November that an attack on Taiwan could pose an existential threat to Japan and warrant a military response. China has since imposed political and economic reprisals, including restrictions on rare earths used in high-tech manufacturing. The latest account places Xi’s arrival in Washington on Wednesday and the Trump-Xi summit on Thursday, revising earlier reporting that described the summit as running from Wednesday through Thursday. Existing plans for the U.S.-China talks included a Board of Trade to negotiate tariff reductions on $30 billion of non-sensitive goods, discussions on extending a tariff truce that expires November 10, an artificial-intelligence crisis hotline, Iran sanctions and limited cooperation on AI risks.