Biden and Xi expected to meet Wednesday during APEC, according to officials

(AP) – President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a long-anticipated meeting Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay area, according to two senior Biden administration officials. 

Biden and Xi have plenty of difficult issues to address in their first engagement in nearly a year. Taiwan’s upcoming election, differences over U.S. export controls on advanced technology, North Korea, the Israel-Hamas war, and more are expected to be on the agenda. 

Biden and Xi will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco. 

The two senior Biden administration officials spoke about the meeting on the condition of anonymity on Friday under ground rules set by the White House.