US EditionChina’s Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major summit
- On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping took centre stage at the two-day APEC summit in Gyeongju, promoting economic globalisation while United States President Donald Trump left early after reaching trade deals.
- Leaders from 21 Asian and Pacific Rim economies attended the summit to discuss cooperation, with Xi scheduled to meet South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday and discuss denuclearisation with Lee on Saturday.
- Positioning China as a defender of multilateral trade, Xi urged supply chain stability and expanded green industries despite criticism of Chinese solar panels and electric vehicles.
- South Korean officials urged all 21 members to agree on a joint statement to avoid the Papua New Guinea 2018 joint-statement failure, but South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said last week a strong pro-free-trade statement was unlikely.
- The bilateral deals and US skipping of APEC raised questions about the forum's future, with Trump calling his Thursday meeting with Xi a 'roaring success' over rare earth elements and US soya beans; Al Jazeera's Jack Barton said Xi was 'filling the vacuum left by Trump'.
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The Chinese President took advantage of the Apec Summit – Economic Cooperation for Asia Pacific – in South Korea to consolidate its alliances and position himself as a leader in multilateralism.
The unexpected absence of Donald Trump has made Xi Jinping the undisputed protagonist of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, closed this Saturday in the South Korean city of Gyeongju. An episode that perfectly illustrates the prevailing dynamics in global geopolitics since the U.S. president returned to the White House. As the U.S. retreats from the international order he created and has led for decades, China takes advantage to …
APEC Summit: Bridging Divides in the Asia-Pacific
APEC Summit: Bridging Divides in the Asia-Pacific In a significant conclusion to the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, leaders from 21 nations emerged with a unified call for regional economic cooperation. This comes on the heels of a key meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, where both leaders agreed to ease their ongoing trade tensions.Held over two days in Gyeongju, South Korea, th…
Full text: President Xi Jinping's speech at second session of 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday delivered a speech at the second session of the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea. Here is a translation of the full text of his speech.
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