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                        China’s Xi Promises to Protect Free Trade at APEC As Trump Snubs Major Summit
                        31 Oct 2025 09:41 GMT
                        
                           …  he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow … green industries and clean energy. Chinese exports of its solar panels …  a joint statement strongly endorsing free trade would be unlikely because of … summit.
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                          Wu reported from Taipei, Taiwan.
                         
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                        Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit
                        31 Oct 2025 09:16 GMT
                        
                           … robust defence of free trade, according to the Chinese foreign ministry,  … threats.
                          Supply chains and free trade continued to dominate discussions … of the South China Sea and around Taiwan.
                          The US …  Japanese nationals in China, and Beijing’s import restrictions  …
                         
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                        South Korea's APEC live: Takaichi raises East China Sea with Xi as Day 1 closes
                        31 Oct 2025 11:19 GMT
                         …  activity in the East China Sea, China's export controls … that the Chinese side brought up the topic of Taiwan, without elaborating … its main ally Washington and Beijing, its largest trading partner  … say if the term "free trade" will appear in the … 
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                        China’s Xi promises to protect free trade at APEC as Trump snubs major summit
                        31 Oct 2025 00:33 GMT
                        
                           …  he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow … green industries and clean energy. Chinese exports of its solar panels …  a joint statement strongly endorsing free trade would be unlikely because of … summit.
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                          Wu reported from Taipei, Taiwan.
                         
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                        Trump’s presence at ASEAN could create new US-China axis. India shouldn’t have skipped it
                        31 Oct 2025 08:27 GMT
                        
                           … a shift in America’s Taiwan policy.
                          Yet another challenge  …  to join the ASEAN–India Free Trade Area (AIFTA), India became  …  of the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA) markets with … to Chinese products, where is the credibility in branding ASEAN as China …
                         
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                        China’s Xi in the limelight at Pacific summit with Trump conspicuous by his absence
                        31 Oct 2025 05:14 GMT
                         …  the summit Friday. “As the free trade order undergoes dramatic changes, global …  rate on Chinese exports down to 47%; and for China to delay …  for cooperation with Taiwan, the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as … 
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                        China's Xi defends multilateralism at APEC after striking deal with Trump to ease trade tensions.
                        31 Oct 2025 04:13 GMT
                        
                           … would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to  … industries and clean energy. Chinese exports of its solar …  joint statement strongly endorsing free trade would be unlikely because …  summit.
                          Wu reported from Taipei, Taiwan.
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                        US, China seal deal on rare earths; Trump says Xi meeting was a 12 on scale of 1 to 10
                        30 Oct 2025 07:03 GMT
                        
                           … to make a case for free trade at their summit. 
                          Given …  Taiwan, a self-ruled island that Beijing considers its own. Taiwan  …  and were shouting anti-Chinese slogans through loudspeakers were  …  Republicans favour decoupling from China, and want containment over …
                         
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                        China signs expanded ASEAN free trade pact as alternative to US protectionism
                        28 Oct 2025 18:44 GMT
                        
                           … economies.
                          Officials said the ASEAN-China free trade agreement is expected to broaden …  — along with Taiwan — have overlapping claims with China, which asserts sovereignty …  chairmanship next year.
                          In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiaku …
                         
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                        Trump’s brand of chaos gifts China a chance to pitch itself to global partners seeking stability
                        30 Oct 2025 01:24 GMT
                        
                           … ’s “chilly treatment of Taiwan” amid increasing concerns that … , messy period of transition.”
                          Beijing sees this as well.
                           … have posed unprecedented challenges,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi  … draft new free trade deals and zero-tariff agreements. “China may  …