Biden, Xi seek to ‘manage differences’ in Bali meeting
Al JazeeraThe leaders of the world’s two largest economies met in person for the first time on the sidelines of the G20 summit. United States President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have opened their first in-person meeting since the former took office nearly two years ago, aiming to “manage” differences between the superpowers as they compete for global influence amid increasing economic and security tensions. “As the leaders of our two nations, we share responsibility, in my view, to show that China and the United States can manage our differences, prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict, and to find ways to work together on urgent global issues that require our mutual cooperation,” Biden said to open the meeting. Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden have met for face-to-face talks for the first time since Biden was elected to the White House ⤵️ 🔗: https://t.co/cd4JmatM7j pic.twitter.com/yEcWYagvrP — Al Jazeera English November 14, 2022 Reporting from the G20 summit, Al Jazeera’s diplomatic editor James Bays said there was little hope that anything particularly substantial would come out of the meeting. “We just got to figure out where the red lines are and … what are the most important things to each of us going into the next two years.” Biden added: “His circumstance has changed, to state the obvious, at home.” The president said of his own situation: “I know I’m coming in stronger.” Contentious issues Relations have grown more strained under successive US administrations, as economic, trade, human rights and security differences have come to the fore.