US Treasury's Bessent, China's He to meet on Sunday at JPMorgan headquarters

The Manhattan meeting, coming days before President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House in Washington.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands during trade talks at OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) headquarters in Paris, France, Mar 16, 2026. (Photo: Handout via REUTERS/The US Treasury)

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday at JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York to discuss AI security, trade and other economic issues, a person familiar with the planning said on Saturday (Sep 19).

The Manhattan meeting, coming days before President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House in Washington on Thursday and Friday, is scheduled for 10.30 am ET (10.30 pm, Singapore time) on Sunday, the person said.

JPMorgan is not involved in the meeting, the person said, but agreed to provide its headquarters building as a meeting venue amid heightened security in Manhattan for the United Nations General Assembly starting next week. Bessent had invited JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to participate in a G20 finance leaders meeting hosted by the US Treasury in Asheville, North Carolina, where Dimon spoke about private sector growth prospects.

Dimon is one of the American CEOs invited to a state dinner for Xi next week at the White House, according to US officials, but he did not join a delegation of executives that accompanied Trump to Beijing in May for the US leader's last meeting with Xi.

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