Final Biden-Xi Meeting Draws Red Lines as Latin America Braces for Trump

File image of Xi and Biden meeting in 2022. Image: Saul Loeb, AFP

The last official meeting between outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping was officially framed as looking back at the last four years of the relationship. However, Xi also used it to set Beijing’s terms for the upcoming Donald Trump presidency.

During Saturday’s meeting in Lima Peru, Xi said he is ready to work with President-elect Donald Trump. However, the conversation also seemed to set some terms for future cooperation: “A new Cold War should not be fought and cannot be won. Containing China is unwise, unacceptable, and bound to fail.”

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