Trump discusses Taiwan issue with Xi Jinping... Negative stance on AI technology integration

(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Yu-mi = U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the 26th (local time) that he discussed the Taiwan issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In addition, although he said he had an in-depth conversation with President Xi on the field of artificial intelligence (AI), he expressed a negative stance on the two countries opening and integrating AI-related technologies.

President Trump met with reporters at the White House that day and said, "We haven't talked about Taiwan for a long time," but "President Xi understands very much how I feel."

However, President Trump did not specifically explain what position he expressed to President Xi.

According to China Central Television and Xinhua News Agency, during a meeting with President Trump held at the White House on the 24th, President Xi said, "I hope that the United States will maintain the correct stance against 'Taiwan independence' and handle the Taiwan issue carefully."

The United States has maintained the position that it does not support Taiwan's independence, but does not want any form of coercive action to change the status quo. China went one step further and demanded that the United States take a position explicitly opposing Taiwan's independence.

Meanwhile, President Trump mentioned that President Xi understands his position on Taiwan, and attention is paid to what specific position he conveyed on the Taiwan issue at the summit.

After holding a summit with President Xi in Beijing, China last May, President Trump said at an in-flight press conference on his way home that "President Xi has very hard-line thoughts" on the Taiwan issue and that "I did not make any promises."

President Trump also said that he agreed with President Xi's use of the term super intelligence (SI) instead of AI.

President Trump said, "We had a big talk about SI, and President Xi likes the idea of ​​changing the name, as do I." He then said that SI is a much more accurate and elegant word.

President Trump, however, drew the line on mutually opening up or integrating AI technology with China, saying that the United States is far ahead in the AI ​​field.

“What they want to do is block our progress, because we are way ahead of China and we will maintain that lead,” Trump said.

He continued, “It is better not to integrate because we are so far ahead. When you are ahead, you do not open doors for each other.”

He also emphasized America's superiority in the field of AI, saying, "We are at least a year ahead, maybe a year and a half. Some people say two years."

This can be interpreted as meaning that the United States will take a limited stance on linking or mutually opening technology with China in order to maintain America's technological advantage in the AI ​​field.