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Asean in a ‘Minus One’ world

When America First means the US chooses when to show up, the region must find its way to live and prosper

Xi sought to cast China as the predictable champion of free and open trade at the forum, a role the US has dominated for decades.

China's Xi holds court at Apec summit after Trump trade truce

Xi told leaders of the 21-member Apec bloc that “changes unseen in a century are accelerating across the world”

China’s President Xi Jinping and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stress partnership and peace in first leader talks.

Xi, Takaichi vow to improve China-Japan ties in first meeting

Caught between China trade ties and US security pact, Japan faces rising great-power tensions

Remaining in South Korea for the Apec summit, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng was expected to meet Japan’s first woman premier, Sanae Takaichi.

Xi primed to meet Japan, Canada leaders after Trump summit

CHINESE leader Xi Jinping was expected to meet Canada and Japan’s new prime ministers for the first time on Friday, a day after agreeing to a trade war ceasefire with US President Donald Trump.

(From left) China's President Xi Jinping and South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct 31, 2025.

South Korea’s Lee says global trade order at critical inflection point

[GYEONGJU, South Korea] South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday the Asia-Pacific region was at a critical inflection point with a rapidly changing global economic order, as he chaired a le...

From left: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon welcoming Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and PM Lawrence Wong to dinner on the sidelines of Apec meetings in Gyeongju, South Korea.

PM Wong hosted to dinner by New Zealand PM on sidelines of Apec meeting

Australia and Canada’s prime ministers were also in attendance

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (right) and US President Donald Trump (left) attend a dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct 29, 2025.

Trump gives green light for South Korea to build nuclear powered submarine

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump said on Thursday he has given approval for ally South Korea to build a nuclear powered submarine, a day after the two countries said they have reached a broad trade deal.

“We’re not going to have a Fed that’s going to raise interest rates because they’re worried about inflation in three years from now,” US President Donald Trump said.

Trump renews attack on Fed, accuses Powell of being too slow on rate cuts

The remarks underscore the tension between Trump and the Federal Reserve

Gyeongju – a coastal city about 80 km away from the country’s second-largest city Busan – is currently under the highest security alert.

From KL to Gyeongju: PM Wong heads to South Korea to attend Apec Summit

He will also be in Seoul this weekend for an official visit at the invitation of President Lee Jae-myung

South Korea is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this year. A meeting on the sidelines between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping could improve their beleaguered relationship.
THINKING ALOUD

Hints of Xi-Trump rapprochement while Apec slides into irrelevance

The leaders’ first face-to-face meeting since 2019 is getting more attention than the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit itself