US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping to meet next week | 5 things to know
Associated Press reported on Friday. The White House said earlier that it anticipated Biden and Xi would meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC) in San Francisco. However, the negotiations went down to the eve of the gathering, which kicks off Saturday, the report said.
In a statement Friday, China's foreign ministry said President Xi Xinjing would attend APEC from Tuesday to November 17 at Biden's invitation. He would also participate in the US-China summit. The report quoted Biden administration officials as saying that they believed it would be Xi's first visit to San Francisco since he was a young Communist Party leader.
1.Trade, Taiwan and managing fraught US-Chinese relations are likely to feature in the talks between the two world leaders. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was quoted in a statement as saying that the leaders would discuss the “continued importance of maintaining open lines of communication". 2. Biden and Xi might also discuss how they “can continue to responsibly manage competition and work together where our interests align, particularly on transnational challenges that affect the international community.".
3. Instead, one Biden administration official said, Biden is looking toward “managing the competition, preventing the downside risk of conflict and ensuring channels of communication are open." 4. Biden will also likely press Xi on using China's influence on North Korea. This comes amid heightened anxiety over an increased pace of ballistic missile tests by North Korea. Moreover, Pyongyang has reportedly been providing munitions to Russia for its war in Ukraine.
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