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APEC Summit to Focus on TPP, Not South China Sea

The U.S. - China rivalry will be front and center at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit known as APEC, even though tensions in the South China Sea may not be on the agenda. As VOA’s Brian Padden reports from Seoul much of the focus of this economic summit will be on the U.S.-led Trans Pacific Partnership.

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