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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world China’s President Xi Jinping and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will hold talks on the sidelines of the APEC conference Friday, as tensions spanning from trade to security continue to simmer between the two countries. The two leaders will hold their first formal meeting on Friday afternoon, according to the Japanese government. That comes after the two spoke briefly earlier today, according to a post on Takaichi’s official account on X. China is Japan’s largest trading partner while the US provides Tokyo with crucial security guarantees, which forces Japan into an awkward balancing act when China and the US are increasingly at loggerheads.
