Xi, Biden attend Asia-Pacific summit, prepare to meet
The Hindu
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will attend the first day of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit Friday ahead of a face-to-face meeting under a cloud of diplomatic uncertainty cast by Donald Trump's election victory.
Mr. Biden and Mr. Xi are due to hold talks on Saturday, in what a U.S. administration official said will probably be the last meeting between the sitting leaders of the world's largest economies before Mr. Trump is sworn in in January.
With the Republican President-elect having signalled a confrontational approach to Beijing for his second term, the bilateral meeting will be a closely watched affair.
Mr. Xi and Mr. Biden arrived in Lima Thursday along with other world leaders for a two-day heads-of-state meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping.
APEC, created in 1989 with the goal of regional trade liberalization, brings together 21 economies that jointly represent about 60% of world GDP and over 40% of global commerce.
The summit program was to focus on trade and investment for what proponents dubbed inclusive growth.
But uncertainty over Trump's next moves now clouds the agenda — as it does for the COP29 climate talks underway in Azerbaijan, and a G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro next week.
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