<h1>State visit invitations framed by disputes over Taiwan sovereignty, U.S. defense obligations, trade commitments, and export controls.</h1> Reciprocal state visit invitations accompanied discussions addressing sovereignty and security, with Xi asserting that Taiwan's return is integral to the postwar international order while U.S. statements emphasized domestic obligations to provide Taiwan defensive hardware. Trade measures-tariff reductions, Chinese purchase commitments for U.S. soybeans, and Chinese export controls on precursor chemicals-were presented as regulatory tools supporting commercial de escalation. U.S. approval of an arms sale including fighter jet parts provoked Chinese protest as violating the One China principle and highlighted the legal tensions between defense assistance and territorial sovereignty claims.