The APEC Meet underway in San Francisco is being avidly watched as US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are scheduled to have a Summit Meet on November 15, on the sidelines of this otherwise Asia Pacific economic grouping which has no security component.
In terms of prospects, no major breakthroughs can be expected in the frosty US-China relations now spanning two different US Presidents.
At best, both the American and Chinese Presidents, would strive to restore some normalcy in the tense and conflictual confrontation that exists in the Indo Pacific between a conflictual propensity-prone China and a US-led security architecture checkmating China.
US-China economic relations also are strained by multiple economic sanctions and technology restrictions imposed by United States in response to many Chinese security provocations in Asia Pacific.
Prospective analysis in terms of which of the two Nations---United States or China comes with more strength-full leverages to the Sidelines Summit, one would assert that it is the United States.
The United States displayed that despite its strategic distractions in Ukraine and Israel-Hamas War in Gaza, the United States has the will and strength to play the dominant role in Indo Pacific.
China globally stands in the wrong corner over Ukraine by siding with Russia and so also in the Gaza War by siding with Hamas because of China's security relationship with Iran.
The US economy under President Biden has been resilient whereas the Chinese economy under President Xi Jinping has entered a sluggish curve.
Prospectively therefore, one can expect United States and China to agree to cosmetic changes to restore security and military-to-military communication link;, the United States holding stronger cards will not come out with any game-changer strategic or economic concessions to indulge China.
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