28 days ago · United States
Trump says Xi state dinner is ‘a very tough ticket’ as business guest list takes shape
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 18 Sept 2026, 22:05 UTC. The headline in use is “Trump says Xi state dinner is ‘a very tough ticket’ as business guest list takes shape”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had turned away friends hoping to attend next week’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, as reports emerged that executives from some of China’s biggest companies could join the visit. “This is a very tough ticket for me,” Trump told…
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- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
Trump says Xi state dinner is ‘a very tough ticket’ as business guest list takes shape
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