China's Xi tells Biden as talks open: 'Planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Business AP China leads list of labor abusers, sometimes akin to slavery, detected on fishing vessels worldwide By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press Updated 7 hrs ago A new report has identified nearly 500 industrial fishing vessels where workers face hazardous, forced conditions sometimes akin to slavery.
59% : The Biden administration sees the Chinese, a big buyer of Iranian oil, as having considerable leverage with Iran, which is a major backer of Hamas.
54% : With much fanfare early this year, EU leaders promised to provide 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine's front line by spring 2024.
50% : Some 300,000 rounds have been delivered from existing stocks in the EU so far, but the rest is harder to source before spring.
50% : EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said one solution would be redirecting current EU exports and prioritizing Ukraine.
49% : Trump's lawyers are seeking to refute the state's claims that the 2024 Republican front-runner, his company and top executives manipulated the value of his assets to make him look wealthier and his properties more successful than they actually were. Nation & World The European Union is struggling to produce and send the ammunition it promised to Ukraine By RAF CASERT - Associated Press Updated 7 hrs ago European Union nations have acknowledged they may fail to fulfill a promise for ammunition Ukraine needs to stave off Russia's invasion and win back occupied territory.
44% : Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday arrests for illegal crossings totaled nearly 189,000 among all nationalities, down from 219,000 in September, which was the second-highest month on record.
42% : Johnson's approach, which the Senate is expected to approve by week's end, effectively pushes a final showdown over government funding to the new year. Nation & World Illegal border crossings into the US drop in October after a 3-month streak of increases AP Updated 7 hrs ago U.S. authorities say illegal border crossings from Mexico fell 14% in October from a month earlier, following three months of big increases.
39% : Activists had sued to force Michigan's secretary of state to bar Trump from the ballot.
38% : Court of Claims Judge James Robert Redford said in an order released Tuesday that Trump has followed state procedure to qualify for the ballot and that a clause in the Constitution can't be used to disqualify him.
23% : Biden was expected to let Xi know that he would like China to use its sway over Iran to make clear that Tehran or its proxies should not take action that could lead to expansion of the Israel-Hamas war.

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