Protesters gather in San Fransisco as Biden and Xi are set to meet on sidelines of APEC summit

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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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