APEC Summit to Focus on TPP, Not South China Sea

Even though tensions in the South China Sea may not be on the agenda of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, the U.S.-China rivalry will still will be front and center when leaders from the 21 member states gather next week in Manila. APEC members include major regional economies the U.S., China, Russia, Japan and South Korea, and together the group accounts for nearly half of all global trade and over 50 percent of world gross domestic product (GDP). Both U.S....

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