Biden and Xi to Hold Talks at APEC Meeting, Focus on Cooperation and Preventing Conflict

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold face-to-face talks in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. The meeting aims to manage competition, prevent conflict, and ensure open channels of communication. Both sides will focus on areas of improvement such as people-to-people ties, increased travel, and cooperation on climate change. The Biden administration is concerned about insufficient Chinese action to stop the flow of chemical precursors for fentanyl, and will press to re-start high-level military-to-military dialogue.