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NEW YORK — <\/span>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new \u201cnotification mechanism\u201d for artificial intelligence<\/a> incidents that could affect national security, part of weekend discussions ahead of talks at the White House this week<\/a> between President Donald Trump<\/a> and China\u2019s Xi Jinping<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want a shared vision of common goals and common threats,\u201d Bessent told reporters after talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in New York. \u201cWe think that just like any cross-border activity, that moving from opaque to more transparency between the No. 1 and the No. 2 AI powers in the world is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump has resisted calls to slow down AI development<\/a>, saying that would help China catch up<\/a> to U.S. companies.<\/p>\n Standing together in the soaring lobby of the JPMorgan Chase headquarters late Sunday, Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the groundwork had been laid for talks between Xi and Trump set to take place on Thursday. They said the two sides had agreed to operationalize a new \u201cBoard of Trade\u201d that the two leaders had discussed when they met in Beijing in May.<\/p>\n \u201cToday those notions have become reality,\u201d Greer said.<\/p>\n Greer said the countries were still discussing what \u201cnonsensitive\u201d items could be considered for lower tariffs, but that the list could potentially include consumer and agricultural goods, energy products and medical devices.<\/p>\n Chinese state media Xinhua said Bessent and the vice premier talked about issues \u201crelating to AI\u201d without mentioning specifics and also had \u201ccandid, in-depth and constructive\u201d discussions on key economic and trade issues.<\/p>\n \u201cThe fact that both sides agreed to continue the dialogue is significant,\u201d said George Chen, a partner and chair of digital practice at The Asia Group consultancy, in written comments. \u201cThe initial outcome \u2014 an AI risk notification mechanism \u2014 sets a precedent that other countries may follow.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong and Huizhong Wu in Bangkok contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n