China restricts travel for immediate family of leading AI experts
The restrictions surface days after Trump and Xi Jinping discussed artificial intelligence cooperation, with a narrower trade deal due to be detailed Monday.
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The move comes days after Trump held a discussion on artificial intelligence with Xi Jinping. It also follows Xi's state visit to the United States, which ended with a narrower trade deal that is due to be detailed on Monday.
Markets have priced in a thaw in US-China tensions since the visit, on expectations of progress on AI cooperation between the two governments. The travel restrictions point to a different reality underneath that optimism: Beijing remains wary of losing AI talent and of leaks of intellectual property, concerns that predate any recent diplomatic warmth. The measure looks less like a shift in posture than a continuation of the existing contest over technology between the two countries.