After two days of meetings in Lima that rarely ventured beyond platitudes in discussing the strategies of the region’s major economies, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum wrapped up on Saturday with a spirit of detente that many fear the summit may not see again for four years.

Joe Biden met Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the final time as president Saturday in Peru as the specter of Donald Trump's return to the White House took center stage at the Asia-Pacific economic summit.

Donald Trump has made a tougher stance toward China central to his pitch on foreign policy, even as Joe Biden and Xi Jinping sought to lower tensions before the next president takes office.