White House accuses China of AI technology theft ahead of Xi and Trump’s meeting next month

NewsWorldAmericasWhite House accuses China of AI technology theft ahead of Xi and Trump’s meeting next monthThe Chinese Embassy in Washington swiftly rejected the claims, calling them ‘baseless allegations’Alexandra Alper & Ruchika KhannaThursday 23 April 2026 18:37 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2963806","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-ai-technology-theft-china-b2963806.html","title":"White House accuses China of AI technology theft ahead of Xi and Trump’s meeting"}}CloseTrump says Xi denied arming Iran after exchange of letters ahead of China meetingThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"Americas","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":...