Christopher Luxon set for first face-to-face with China's Xi Jinping

The prime minister will sit down for his first face-to-face chat with China's president on Saturday (NZT).

Christopher Luxon arrived at the APEC Summit in Peru overnight.

On arrival in Lima, Luxon headed straight to a private catch-up with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese.

The leaders of APEC's 21 economies from the Asia-Pacific region are meeting just a week after Donald Trump was declared the US president-elect.

While it is Joe Biden in town representing the US, Trump's promised tariffs will feature heavily in leader to leader conversations this weekend, including between Luxon and China's Xi Jinping.

Xi is under very tight security in Lima, prompting him to send his officials to a grand port opening two hours north while he held a virtual ribbon cutting.

Luxon is expected to speak to media at 12.20pm (NZT).

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