Trump is taking Xi to see the Constitution.

WASHINGTON — President Trump is taking Xi Jinping to the National Archives on Friday to close a three-day visit that ran heavy on ceremony and light on deals. He said he wants Xi to see the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and what he called artifacts of a long relationship. The Associated Press noted the awkwardness: Trump has been calling Democrats communists before the November midterms, while rolling out a red carpet for the head of the Chinese Communist Party.

Thursday's meetings produced no major breakthrough on trade or on artificial intelligence. Reuters reported that Trump cited more market access for American farmers and ranchers under a bilateral mechanism, and that both sides named artificial intelligence as a place to cooperate. The Associated Press said they agreed the technology should stay under human control. At the state dinner, guests ate squash velouté and sesame-crusted sea bass. The guest list was heavy with technology money. Trump talked about the ballroom he is building, and he gave Xi a gift.

Just as our ancestors reached across the ocean centuries ago to trade, to learn, and to build a better world.

China has not commented on the archives stop. Reuters said analysts think Xi may want the 1979 papers, when Washington recognized Beijing and broke with Taipei. The Politics desk files the documents. The dead in Kyiv, the offer on Hormuz, and the storm on the East Coast are on their own pages.