Biden-Xi Meeting More Likely as Teams Scout San Francisco Venue
- Meeting could occur at San Francisco APEC summit in November
- Two presidents have not spoken since G-20 in Bali last year
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The US and China are moving closer to setting up a meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping at next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, according to people familiar with the matter, though officials in Beijing haven’t yet signed off.
Advance teams for both countries have been scouting meeting sites in San Francisco before a likely encounter, according to people familiar with the matter. But Xi, who skipped last month’s Group of 20 summit in India and whose government has expressed frustration with recent comments by the American president, hasn’t committed to the meeting.