For the United States, the November meeting of APEC was widely seen as an opportunity to demonstrate its leadership and long-term commitment to the organization and the Asia-Pacific region. It was expected that a key part of this would be the announcement of substantial agreement and progress on the Indo-Pacific Economic Partnership for Prosperity (IPEF). … Read more
The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit is an event circled and highlighted in Indo-Pacific countries’ diplomatic calendars. However, New Zealand’s Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon has opted to cross it off the calendar, as he is preoccupied negotiating the shape and policy direction of the country’s next government. The three coalition parties – Luxon’s National … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden is nurturing economic ties this week with Asia, but he is not signing any trade deals at a regional summit in San Francisco. This fact – no trade deals – reveals much about the status of U.S. politics, the evolving global economy and the Biden administration’s ambitions. U.S. negotiators say they … Read more
The biggest outcome from the meeting was a promise to keep talking on a whole host of issues. But that achievement shouldn’t be underestimated.
Taiwan will take part in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in San Francisco this week, a rare opportunity for the self-governing island democracy of 23 million people and its high-tech economy to break the diplomatic embargo on it imposed by authoritarian China. Taiwan’s chief delegate will be a civilian rather than a government figure … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden said on the eve of his much-anticipated meeting with China’s Xi Jinping that his goal for the talks is simply to try to get China-U.S. communications back on stable ground after a tumultuous year. Biden said Tuesday shortly before departing for San Francisco to meet Xi and attend this year’s Asia-Pacific … Read more
The United States is hosting the annual APEC summit of world leaders this week for the first time since 2011. Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group will gather in San Francisco to talk about how to better spur trade and economic growth across the Pacific region. But the main summit event will actually … Read more
The world is eagerly anticipating next week’s bilateral talks between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in San Francisco (although China is yet to announce Xi’s participation). Yet if numerous op-ed writings and readers’ comments in the Chinese mainstream media are any indication, the mood in China is not in favor of Xi traveling to … Read more
Magazine The upcoming APEC summit in San Francisco will be a visible culmination of the work that has gone into making economic engagement the leading edge of diplomacy. Credit: The DiplomatAdvertisement The Biden administration has been making every effort to demonstrate its commitment both to the Indo-Pacific region in general and to its economic statecraft … Read more
Advertisement Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the G-20 Summit in India this weekend, marking the first time Xi has missed the event since taking office in 2013 (although he did attend the 2021 version virtually, due to China’s pandemic restrictions). So far this year, Xi has only traveled abroad twice – to Russia … Read more