White House spokesman Josh Earnest refused to comment on the likelihood of a cyber agreement with China on Thursday, hours before President Obama was scheduled to have dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

“There’s no agreement that I’m prepared to talk about at this point,” Earnest told reporters. “But we have made clear to the Chinese both publicly and privately that issues related to cybersecurity and our concerns with China’s conduct in cyberspace will feature prominently on the agenda … that’ll start tonight at the dinner,” he added.