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China’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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At the start of the two-day meeting, China's head of state and party calls on the government representatives of the 21 economies to free trade and closer cooperation.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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China’s Xi, Trump deploy trade diplomacy in Asia
Chinese leader Xi Jinping courted Asia-Pacific leaders at a summit in South Korea that US President Donald Trump skipped, a sign of the leaders’ ostensibly divergent foreign policy strategies. Addressing the summit, Xi defended multilateralism, a concept Trump has voiced disdain towards. But the pair nevertheless share similar approaches. Both are trying to use trade to win over nations in the region: Trump has announced deals on his multi-stop …
·New York, United States
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