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US President Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state dinner at the White House on September 24, featuring a three-course meal that combined American ingredients with subtle Chinese influences. The menu included yellow squash velouté as an appetizer, followed by sesame-crusted sea bass and braised baby bok choy as the main course, and vanilla crémeux with honey ice cream for dessert. The dinner decor featured red table linens and flowers to honor China’s cultural significance of the color red, symbolizing warmth and celebration.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-25,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Before the Xi-Trump summit last week, analysts expected soybeans to be included in tariff-reduced arrangements between China and the U.S., but China excluded them from a tariff-reduction list released on September 28, 2026, despite cutting tariffs on other agricultural goods like corn, wheat, meat, and dairy. This decision disappointed American farmers, such as John Bartman, an Illinois-based soybean farmer who called it "a missed opportunity." U.S. soybeans still face an additional tariff of 10%, which traders say is too high for private crushers to absorb, even as Chinese state buyers have stepped up purchases. Despite this exclusion, both sides agreed to form a trade council to discuss reciprocal tariff cuts on $30 billion worth of products and stabilize economic ties.
Written for “US-China Tariff Cuts Deal” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 283 other(s) covering the same event.
Sea bass, bak choy: What’s on the menu at state dinner honouring China President Xi Jinping
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US President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, hosted China President Xi Jinping for a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on Sept 24.
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According to the three-course menu released by the White House, the dishes were chosen to emphasise American ingredients with a “subtle Chinese influence”.
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Chefs served Trump, Xi and other guests a main course of sesame-crusted sea bass and crisp baby bok choy.
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The yellow squash appetiser was drizzled with scallion oil.
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According to the White House, the dishes bring “the culinary traditions of both nations together”.
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The East Room tables were laid with red linens and its urns filled with red blossoms, which the administration said was a reference to the colour’s significance in China.
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“The décor for the evening is an expression of warmth and celebration,” it said.
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Diners began their meal by toasting with a glass of Schramsberg.
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That is the California sparkling wine that President Richard M. Nixon drank in 1972 during his visit to Beijing, which heralded a historic thaw in US-Chinese relations.
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Braised baby bok choy
Roasted garden eggplant
Sauce verte
Dessert
Vanilla crémeux and White House honey ice cream
Walnut frangipane
Sour cherry confit
Entertainment
The opera singer Christopher Macchio, who performed in September at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, headlined the evening’s musical lineup.
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Musicians from the US Army and Marine Corps also performed.
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