カテゴリー: Apec summit
With Trump electing to fly back to Washington on the eve of the main summit, what did Apec’s remaining leaders achieve in his absence?The leaders of countries across the Asia-Pacific are wrapping up their summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, after a week d…
Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free tradeThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that the era of free trade and investment that formed the foundation…
Summit on sidelines of Apec was the first between the leaders of US and China since 2019, and comes after tensions have been strained by Trump’s trade war In the days leading up to the Trump-Xi meeting, American officials signalled that the US presiden…
Means, a wellness influencer, was due to appear before the health, education, labor and pensions committeeIn the days leading up to the Trump-Xi meeting, American officials signalled that the US president did not intend to make good on a recent threat …
Trump’s decision to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine will admit Seoul to a small club of nations possessing such vesselsUS president Donald Trump has given approval for South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, a move that…
Trump’s decision to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine will admit Seoul to a small club of nations possessing such vesselsUS president Donald Trump has given approval for South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, a move that…
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation club has 21 members that represent more than 50% of global GDP and are home to about 2.7 billion peopleThe idea of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group was firstly publicly broached during a speech in Seoul,…
US president tells reporters he and Australian PM ‘working on a lot of things together’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter waiting a long time to meet Donald Trump, Ant…
US gathering of Pacific Rim leaders most notable for meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, seen as a sign of easing China-US relationsPacific Rim leaders have shown divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Apec foru…
US president Joe Biden sat down with China’s president Xi Jinping for the first bilateral discussion between the leaders in 12 months. Speaking to media afterwards, Biden elaborated on three key components of the discussions including a collaborative e…
Chief executive, who is under US sanctions over role implementing city’s national security law, will not be invited to November eventThe United States will not invite Hong Kong’s chief executive, who faces US sanctions, to visit San Francisco during No…
Amid race for influence in Asia-Pacific region, Chinese president says no attempt to ‘wage a new cold war will ever be allowed by the people or by our times’ The Asia-Pacific is no one’s back yard and should not become an arena of big power rivalry, Ch…
Ahead of first meeting with China’s president in three years, New Zealand PM calls for environment where differences can be discussedJacinda Ardern has said she must be able to raise concerns with Beijing without prompting “retaliatory acts”, on the ev…
Vehicles purchased controversially for 2018 summit are believed to have been stolen from Port Moresby warehousePolice in Papua New Guinea have begun searching for cars bought to transport world leaders around the 2018 Apec leaders’ summit but which hav…