BEIJING — President Trump and a delegation of U.S. officials departed Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with the Chinese government led by President Xi Jinping. Before boarding Air Force One, White House staffers and reporters had to surrender various items collected during the trip, including staff burner phones, credential badges, and lapel pins issued by China.

According to a journalist in the White House press pool, those traveling on Air Force One threw the objects in a bin at the bottom of the plane's stairs. White House correspondent Emily Goodin wrote in a post on X: "Nothing from China allowed on the plane."

Photos from the trip show Trump, White House communications director Steven Cheung, Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Secret Service agents wearing lapel pins on their coats. The surrendered items included those same style of pins distributed to the delegation during the visit.

The U.S. and its allies have long accused China of spying and carrying out cyberattacks. Burner phones are designed to be new and dedicated devices that can be used where attacks can be assumed and later thrown out. The practice of discarding China-issued items before departure reflects standard security precautions taken by U.S. government personnel traveling in the country.