Pacific leaders urged to defend free trade
A summit of top world leaders was urged to fight rising protectionism after Trump's victory stoked fears that free trade is under threat.
China wins APEC support for free trade 'roadmap'
Asia-Pacific leaders backed China's roadmap for a vast new free trade area rivalling US plans for the region at a summit in Beijing.
'Most powerful' Putin takes on West at Asia-Pacific summits
Vladimir Putin is heading into showdown talks with Australia's leader as part of what is expected to be his toughest foreign trip.
US welcomes Xi-Abe meeting as chance to 'reduce tensions'
The United States welcomed the meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a chance to lower their simmering tensions.
Xi, Abe meet as big-power rivalries take APEC centre-stage
The leaders of China and Japan held an ice-breaking summit Monday after two years of dangerous animosity.
Rising China, geopolitical tensions take stage at APEC
World leaders including Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin converge on Beijing for an Asia-Pacific summit against the backdrop of a US-Russian chil.
APEC leaders meet amid rival trade proposals, tensions
Leaders of more than half the world's economy gather in Beijing next week for the annual APEC forum.
APEC finance chiefs meet as global worries persist
The global economic recovery is beset by "downside risks", a day after growth in the world's second-largest economy hit a five-year low.
Japan PM Abe calls for talks with China's Xi at APEC
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a regional meeting in Beijing in November, the latest call from Tokyo for a face-to-face meeting amid testy diplomatic relations.
Obama's 'missed opportunity' as China flexes muscles
Most Asia-Pacific leaders, themselves blooded in political trench warfare, sympathise with US President Barack Obama's unwillingness to desert his Washington fox-hole.
APEC leaders meet in shadow of US shutdown
Asia-Pacific leaders opened an annual economic summit on Monday in the shadow of global growth clouds that are darkening by the day as the United States struggles to shake off policy paralysis.
US capture of Al-Qaeda operative 'appropriate and legal': Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the capture of an Al-Qaeda operative in Libya was "appropriate and legal" after officials in Tripoli demanded answers about the "kidnap".
APEC warns against currency devaluations, property bubble
Asia Pacific economies must refrain from competitive currency devaluations and are vulnerable to speculative buying in the housing market.
Putin hides Russia's troubles with summit glitz
President Vladimir Putin impressed leaders by holding an Asian summit on an island off a revamped Pacific city but the surface shimmer hid underlying problems in the Russian Far East and the country as a whole.
US pleased with APEC 'green' products list
The United States welcomed Friday a deal to cut tariffs on dozens of "green" products in the Asia-Pacific, saying it would boost the region's economies as well as help protect the environment.
Tensions set to cloud APEC summit
Asia-Pacific leaders gather in Russia's far east this weekend for talks aimed at promoting trade but territorial disputes and other regional tensions may cloud the event.
