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Asian summits obscure market milestones

by Gary Kleiman November 19, 2017

US President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Nyein Chan Naing / Pool

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As Trump picks a fight, APEC just wants to get along

by Ma Nguyen November 13, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit, in Danang, Vietnam November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Anthony Wallace/Pool

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In a shift, APEC echoes Trump’s ‘unfair’ trade line

by Reuters November 13, 2017February 18, 2020

A plane takes off in New Jersey behind the Statue of Liberty in New York's Harbor as seen from the Brooklyn borough of New York February 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

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Asia still needs Western capital and markets

by Alan Boyd November 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang and US President Donald Trump prepare to address a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

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Trump ‘prepared to mediate’ in South China Sea disputes

by Agencies and Asia Times November 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalization Toshimitsu Motegi walks out of a talk of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial Meeting during the APEC 2017 in Da Nang, Vietnam November 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Kham

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Swing and another miss for TPP

by David Hutt November 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Vietnamese police officers stand next to a sign near the venue of the APEC summit in Danang, Vietnam November 9 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

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The Vietnam Trump refuses to see

by David Hutt November 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Original (R) and fake viagra pills are presented at a press conference on counterfeit medicines. Photo: AFP/Stephanie Pilick

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Fake Pharma thrives on the Mekong

by Alan Boyd November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

A Vietnamese passenger rides an old train reserved for traders and their goods between Hanoi and Along. Photo: AFP

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Vietnam: a coalmine canary caught in the Xi-Trump game

by William Pesek November 9, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump attends a state dinner hosted by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in in his honor at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, on November 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst

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Will Trump take a stand on Southeast Asia?

by David Hutt November 8, 2017February 18, 2020

Senior political leader James Soong will represent Taiwan at this week's APEC leaders summit in Vietnam. There are unconfirmed reports that Soong will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the summit to discuss Taiwan's relations with China.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Yang Ming

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APEC summit in Vietnam may include a Taipei/Beijing sideshow

by Imran Ali Sandano November 8, 2017

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy (left) are seen with US President Donald Trump, Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his wife Tran Nguyet Thu, and US First Lady Melania Trump prior a concert during the G-20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7. Photo: AFP

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Vietnam sets its sights on TPP agreement without US

by Nate Fischler October 28, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January 2017. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

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Taiwan in the TPP: how to break the cross-strait status quo

by Emanuele Scimia July 3, 2017July 3, 2017

Japan's minister of state for economic and fiscal policy, Nobuteru Ishihara, leaves a meeting of the TPP-11 held on the sidelines of the APEC trade ministers' meeting in Hanoi in May. Photo: Reuters / Hong Dinh Nam

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Not quite dead: how Trump-spurned TPP could be resuscitated

by Xuan Loc Doan May 24, 2017

Photo of China Flag. Photo: iStock

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Can China replace the US as leader in Asia-Pacific?

by Xuan Loc Doan December 11, 2016December 10, 2016

Then US President Barack Obama stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on September 25, 2015. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

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TPP is dead, long live RCEP? Not so fast

by Jon Connars November 29, 2016

Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump is seen in a video screengrab as he apologizes for lewd comments he made about women during a statement recorded by his presidential campaign and released via social media. Reuters

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Has Trump’s election affected Vietnam’s foreign policy?

by Xuan Loc Doan November 25, 2016November 24, 2016

An investor is seen in front of an electronic screen showing stock information (green for losses) at a brokerage house in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. Photo: China Daily via Reuters

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Malaysia’s undeliverable speculator salvation

by Gary Kleiman November 24, 2016November 24, 2016

China's President Xi Jinping with Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski during the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, November 20, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Mariana Bazo

Beijing, China, World

History will prove China, not Trump, right on globalization

by Nigel Green November 21, 2016

APEC summit 2016

China, Mexico, World

APEC leaders looking to China on free trade post-Trump

by Reuters November 21, 2016February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping (Front left) and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (Front right) flank Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski at the Lima APEC summit. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, Hong Kong

President Xi calls on Hong Kong leader to maintain stability

by Reuters November 21, 2016February 18, 2020

Xi Jinping at a APEC Summit. Photo: Reuters/Mariana Bazo

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China pledges further opening as leaders seek free trade

by Reuters November 20, 2016February 18, 2020

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews the honour guard before a meeting with Japan Self-Defense Force's senior members at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, September 12, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

China, Japan, Northeast Asia

Abe’s last plea for TPP

by Edward Wrong November 18, 2016November 18, 2016