Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

What does Xi Jinping mean by ‘Asia-Pacific not being an arena for big-power contest’?

Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasised that no attempt to wage a new Cold War would be allowed ‘by the people or by our times’, while addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in Bangkok, Thailand

China, Japan talks in Bangkok today: Sticking points between the two powerhouse neighbours

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Bangkok. Here are the key sticking points between the two powerhouse neighbours

APEC 2021: How the last of the big summits charted a new path on pandemic and climate change

Recent events in the Indo-Pacific left New Zealand behind. But the island nation has used APEC 2021 effectively to enhance its stature

Chinese president Xi Jinping says Beijing wants trade deal with US, but is not afraid to 'fight back'

Reinforcing the upbeat tone adopted by China in recent days, Xi Jinping told a visiting US business delegation that China holds a 'positive attitude' toward the trade talks.

Donald Trump invites Xi Jinping to US to sign phase one of trade agreement, says top White House official

Trade talks between the world's two largest economies began last November but have not yielded desired results even after more than a dozen rounds of negotiations in both Beijing and Washington.

Donald Trump outlines first phase of deal to end trade war with China, suspends October tariff hike

Donald Trump on Friday outlined the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China and suspended a threatened tariff hike, but officials on both sides said much more work needed to be done.

Donald Trump-Kim Jong-un summit in Vietnam isn't about North Korean nukes alone, it's a larger message to China to curb territorial ambitions

Even though North Korea has remained mired in Cold War isolation while Vietnam's postwar path led toward integration with the globalised economy, the two communist countries share a history of anti-imperialist struggle and ambivalent relations with common neighbor China

Narendra Modi meets Mike Pence: In Trump's absence, VP's job will be to squeeze India into picking US over Russia

India is the second largest importer of Iranian oil after China, sourcing more than 9 percent of its energy needs from Tehran.

Talks between Beijing, Washington to seek way out of US-China trade war were 'constructive', say Chinese authorities

Chinese authorities said that the talks between Beijing and Washington to sort out the trade issues were "constructive"

Donald Trump says India has 'achieved astounding growth', praises Narendra Modi at APEC Summit in Vietnam

The US president also used his speech at the APEC business meet to promote his vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific region