President Joe Biden is beginning a six-day visit to Peru and Brazil for the final major international summits of his presidency.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way to South America this afternoon heading first to Lima, Peru for the APEC summit and then to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Retiring President Biden will meet one last time with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of this week’s APEC summit in Peru — as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to slap new tariffs on Chinese goods and force the Asian nation to pay “reparations” for the COVID-19 pandemic.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are to hold their first face-to-face meeting in a year this weekend during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru, a senior White House official said on Wednesday.

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to voice his "deep concern" regarding China's "support for Russia's war against Ukraine" and North Korea's participation in combat operations.

Biden heads to Peru on Thursday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit just as world leaders are assessing what President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House means for their countries.