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President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent the past few days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco.

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San Francisco bidding to reverse image of a city in decline as host of APEC trade summit

Yellen will host the Chinese vice premier for talks in San Francisco before the start of APEC summit

China’s top diplomat calls on US to host an APEC summit that is cooperative, not confrontational

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China demands US invite Hong Kong leader to economic meeting, adding to strains over crackdown

China has demanded that the United States invite Hong Kong’s leader to an economic conference following a news report that Chief Executive John Lee would be barred due to his role in crushing the city’s pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong leader Lee isolating with COVID-19 after APEC trip

The Hong Kong government says leader John Lee tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings in Thailand.

VP Harris meets with China’s Xi in bid to ‘keep lines open’

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has spoken briefly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in another step toward keeping lines of communication open between the two biggest economies.

Asia-Pacific leaders condemn war, renew calls for open trade

Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific have condemned and called for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

China’s Xi seeks fresh diplomatic inroads with Asian leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping has used his first face-to-face meetings with America’s Asia-Pacific allies since 2020 to forge fresh diplomatic inroads as Washington pushes back against Beijing’s influence in the region.

Asia-Pacific leaders seek unity on war, economic ills, virus

Pacific Rim leaders are seeking common ground on the war in Ukraine and other dire threats to humankind in an annual meeting that began Friday in Bangkok.

Taiwan’s APEC envoy at the center of processor chip tension

Taiwan’s envoy to APEC is the 91-year-old billionaire founder of a computer chip manufacturing giant that operated behind the scenes for decades before being thrust into the center of U.S.

Australian PM wants to ask China’s Xi to lift trade barriers

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he’ll ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to lift billions of dollars in trade barriers in the event that the two leaders hold their first bilateral meeting.

Pacific Rim finance leaders mull ways to curb inflation

Finance ministers of major Pacific Rim economies have pledged to combat inflation and seek sustainable growth at a meeting in Bangkok ahead of a summit next month.

US, others say APEC walkout aimed at Russia over invasion

The United States and four other nations emphasized their support for host nation Thailand after they walked out of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group meeting in Bangkok.

U.S., other APEC delegates walk out on Russian speaker

Delegates from the United States and four other nations have staged a walkout when a representative from Russia began his opening remarks at a meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group in the Thai capital.

Pacific leaders agree on vaccines but not on US hosting APEC

Pacific Rim leaders have agreed to do all they can to improve access to coronavirus vaccines and reduce carbon emissions, but failed to reach agreement on whether the U.S. should host talks in two years’ time.

German leader Merkel says people have duty to get vaccinated

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says people have a duty to get vaccinated against the coronavirus to protect others.

China’s leader Xi warns against ‘Cold War’ in Asia-Pacific

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against letting tensions in the Asian-Pacific region cause a relapse into a Cold War mentality.

Youth urge Pacific Rim leaders to act on climate, pandemic

Young people living in Pacific Rim countries want to see more ambition from their leaders when it comes to tackling climate change and to see money devoted to a shared fund to prepare for future pandemics.

APEC finds agreement on vaccines, carbon but tensions remain

Making coronavirus vaccines more accessible and reducing carbon emissions were two key pledges agreed to by top Pacific Rim lawmakers.

APEC leaders meeting to chart path forward from pandemic

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have a rare virtual encounter this week as they gather online with other Pacific Rim leaders to chart a path to recovery out of the crisis brought on by the pandemic.

Pacific Rim leaders agree to step up COVID vaccine sharing

Leaders of Asian Pacific nations have agreed to step up coronavirus vaccination sharing efforts. China says it has pledged $3 billion in international aid over the next three years to support the COVID-19 response in developing countries.

Pacific Rim leaders discuss economic way out of pandemic

U.S. President Joe Biden, China’s Xi Jinping, Japan’s Yoshihide Suga and Vladimir Putin of Russia are among Pacific Rim leaders gathering virtually to discuss strategies to help economies rebound from a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic.

Acrimonious Pacific summit underscores China-US tensions

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — Pacific Rim leaders at a key Asian summit failed to reach agreement on a joint declaration on world trade for the first time in nearly three decades, highlighting the growing tensions between China and the U.S.

Pacific summit ends with no communique as China, US differ

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — An acrimonious meeting of world leaders in Papua New Guinea failed to agree Sunday on a final communique, highlighting widening divisions between global powers China and the U.S.

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Asia-Pacific forum sticks to free-trade gospel despite Trump

DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — An annual Pacific Rim summit is sticking with its tradition of promoting free trade and closer regional ties, shrugging off President Donald Trump’s “America First” approach.

Trump pushes ‘America first’ during tough trade talk in Asia

DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump stood before a summit of Asian leaders keen on regional trade pacts and delivered a roaring “America first” message Friday, denouncing China for unfair trade practices just a day after he had heaped praise on President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

The Latest: Trump and Putin cross paths again in Vietnam

DANANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Asia (all times local):

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Facebook fixing fake news problem with CEO at trade summit

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged world leaders meeting in Peru on Saturday to help get more people online to improve global living standards while separately announcing new measures to cut down on fake news stories on the social network that some suggest could have helped sway th

APEC finance ministers meeting in Beijing

BEIJING (AP) — Asia Pacific finance ministers are meeting Wednesday in Beijing to consider coordinated responses amid concerns over a slowdown in the regional economy highlighted by lower Chinese growth figures.