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Xi Jinping and Barack Obama meet in Lima on Nov. 19.
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U.S. President Barack Obama and China’s Xi Jinping stressed at a meeting the importance of continued stable relations between the world’s two biggest economies at a time the Chinese leader described as a “hinge moment” following the election of Donald Trump.
Obama and Xi acknowledged “the uniquely consequential nature of U.S.-China relations” and the need to forge a more stable and productive bilateral relationship, the White House said in a statement after the two presidents met at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima.