Biden and Xi center stage as G20 gathers in Indonesia

 

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Leaders from the world’s 20 largest economies arrive on the Indonesian island Bali on Monday for a post-pandemic reunion chilled by Sino-US rivalry and overshadowed by a superpower sit-down between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.

With people worldwide feeling the bite of stratospheric food and fuel prices, Ukraine mired in conflict and the threat of nuclear war casting a menacing pall, G20 presidents and prime ministers will see what, if anything, they can agree to do about it.

It is the biggest gathering by the group of leaders since the pandemic began.

But this is no fond reunion.

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