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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …