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Biden to travel to South America for APEC, G-20 summits

Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg News on

Published in Political News

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Peru and Brazil next week for two international summits on a trip abroad that threatens to be overshadowed by President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.

The president will travel to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Lima, Peru, from Nov. 14-16 and then travel to Manaus and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Nov. 17-19. Biden will visit the Amazon rainforest to meet with local leaders working to preserve the environment before heading to Rio de Janeiro for his final Group of 20 leaders’ summit.

In Brazil, Biden will meet with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss workers’ rights and bolstering economic growth.

Biden’s plan to meet with foreign leaders follows a crushing election defeat for his party that saw Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris lose to Trump and Republicans retake the U.S. Senate and potentially hold on to the House.

The election results represent a sharp blow to Biden and his legacy, with voters expressing deep frustration with his record, particularly on the economy. Republicans have vowed to undo key elements of the president’s agenda and are skeptical of many of his foreign policy priorities, including addressing climate change, strengthening labor rights around the world, and bolstering security alliances and democratic institutions abroad.

While in Lima, Biden is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, their first sitdown in a year, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans. The two last saw each other for an extended meeting near San Francisco on the sidelines of the 2023 APEC summit.

Biden and Xi’s teams are still working on finalizing details for the meeting between the leaders and a date has not yet been decided, the people said.

 

The relationship between the world’s two largest economies has largely stabilized over the past year and recovered from its lowpoint when China sent an alleged spy balloon over the U.S. and tensions flared over Taiwan.

U.S. officials have downplayed expectations for outcomes during the potential meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents and instead described it as an opportunity for the leaders to check in with their counterpart.

A spokesperson for the National Security Council declined to comment.

Trump’s return to the world stage will loom large over both summits and the possible sitdown with Xi. The Republican had a contentious relationship with China during his first White House term and has threatened to hit imports from the country with a 60% levy when he returns to office.

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