Balance of Power

Biden Meets Xi Under the Shadow of Donald Trump

Joe Biden, right, and Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 13.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

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As Joe Biden prepares to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping tomorrow, there’s a sense that US foreign policy is already moving ahead without him.