Biden to Counter China’s ‘Coercive’ Lending Practices at G20 Summit, While Xi to Skip Gathering

President Biden’s key priority at the crucial summit is to propose strengthening the World Bank and the IMF, to address China’s debt trap diplomacy.

Indian artist Jagjot Singh Rubal puts final touches on an oil painting of U.S. President Joe Biden, at his workshop in Amritsar, India, on Sept. 5, 2023, ahead of the two-day G20 summit in New Delhi. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden is scheduled to travel on Sept. 7 to India for the Group of 20 (G20) summit in New Delhi, where he plans to address the Chinese regime’s “coercive and unsustainable lending” practices, among other issues.

However, Chinese leader Xi Jinping won’t attend the two-day summit of leaders of the world’s richest countries, which begins on Sept. 9, Beijing stated on Sept. 4.