Trump-Xi summit analysis: 'Tangible outcomes' needed for U.S.-China truce to hold

U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to speak during a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on September 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBEIJING — In a summit dominated by spectacle, the U.S. and China have essentially agreed to keep talking.President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday to Friday in Xi's second state visit since 2015. Trump personally greeted Xi at the airport in a very rare gesture, and more than 100 people, mostly from U.S. government and businesses, attended a state dinner for Xi. But there were few breakthroughs, including a far shorter-than-expected two-month trade truce extension."I'm concerned that this kind of diplomacy and this fragile detente is really unsustainable — if it doesn't result in more tangible outcomes or in addressing in some way the strategic challenges that are clearly manifest across the entire relationship, from the strategic relationship to economics," Daniel Kritenbrink, partner at consultancy The Asia Group, said Monday on CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia."Statements from both countries following the summit agreed...