Facing an American president constrained by war and politics, China’s leader may seek to lock in a tactical truce while he shores up a fragile economy at home.

The highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping will bring together a robust gathering of US corporate leaders, but there will not be a comparable delegation of Chinese executives,

Chinese leader Xi Jinping returns to Washington for bilateral talks and a state dinner, where tariffs, rare earth minerals and artificial intelligence will test a fragile U.S.-China truce.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in Washington on Wednesday for a three-day state visit at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. Topics likely to be discussed during the visit

A sweeping agreement to slow AI is unlikely. But Trump and Xi may have an opening for narrower cooperation on its most dangerous risks.

Trump, facing low approval on the economy ahead of the midterm election, has an added incentive to emerge from the summit with China's Xi touting trade wins.

China said President Xi Jinping will travel to the US to meet President Donald Trump, a visit that comes with a one-year trade truce winding down.

By Joe Cash, Trevor Hunnicutt and David Brunnstrom BEIJING/WASHINGTON, September 21 (Reuters) - In the four months since the leaders of the two global superpowers last met, Xi Jinping has overseen a surge in China's trade with the world while Donald Trump has struggled with falling approval ratings at home.