Police have gathered in San Francisco as this week's APEC summit gets underway, and US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to meet face-to-face.
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00:00 Police were plentiful in San Francisco as this week`s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
00:06 Leaders Conference gets underway.
00:09 Protesters are expected to follow the leaders of nearly two dozen countries along with their
00:13 entourage.
00:16 Activists protesting against corporate profits, environmental abuses, poor working conditions
00:20 and the Israel-Hamas war were making their opinions known.
00:25 China major draws Wednesday`s meeting on the sidelines between Presidents Joe Biden and
00:30 Xi Jinping.
00:31 The United States and China are the two global economic heavyweights.
00:35 Combined they produce more than 40 percent of the world`s goods and services.
00:39 If they don`t get on, there will be consequences.
00:45 I think if the U.S. and China fail to work out a functional relationship, the fact is
00:50 that many global challenges will go neglected, whether we are talking about climate change
00:55 or regional conflicts like the wars going on in the Middle East or Ukraine.
01:00 If the two sides aren`t talking and on stable terms, coordinating on such issues are impossible.
01:06 The face-to-face meeting between Biden and Xi is only their second in-person get-together
01:10 in almost three years.
01:12 Trade, Taiwan and technology are on the agenda, as well as the two wars in the Middle East
01:16 and Ukraine.
01:17 Meanwhile, protests are likely to continue throughout the week.
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