The APEC Summit will bring both President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Bay Area this week and they are set to meet face-to-face on Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Their meeting isn't the focal point of the APEC Summit -- it's happening on the sidelines -- but the world will be watching on, as U.S.-China relations have deteriorated in recent years.That includes the rest of APEC's 21 member economies, according to UC Berkeley's Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Vinnie Aggarwal.
But Aggarwal says it's a positive sign that the two leaders are set to meet.'We've seen a downward spiral with U.S.-China relations. I think the fact that President Biden is going to meet with President Xi will help bring a bottom to that downward spiral and will start going back up in terms of cooperation,' he said.When it comes to the timing of the meeting and the summit, Aggarwal sees this as a good opportunity for the rest of the member economies.
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