In their final meeting, Xi tells Biden he is "ready to work with a new administration"

In their final meeting, China's leader Xi Jinping told President Biden that his nation was "ready to work with a new administration," as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take over.

The two leaders gathered Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Mr. Biden was expected to urge Xi to dissuade North Korea from further deepening its support for Russia's war on Ukraine. It marked their first in-person meeting since they met in Northern California last November.

Without mentioning Trump's name, Xi appeared to signal his concern that the incoming president's protectionist rhetoric on the campaign trail could send the U.S.-China relationship into another valley.