Pacific summit ends with no communique as China, US differ
Source: Associated Press
By STEPHEN WRIGHT
today
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.
The 21 nations at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Port Moresby struggled to bridge differences on the role of the World Trade Organization, which governs international trade, officials said. A statement was to be issued instead by the meetings chair, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter ONeill.
The entire world is worried about tensions between China and the U.S., ONeill told a mob of reporters that surrounded him after he confirmed there was no communique from leaders.
It was the first time leaders had failed to agree on a declaration in 29 years of the Pacific Rim summits that involve countries representing 60 percent of the world economy.
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Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)of course, you didn't really need me to tell you that. Any thinking person already knows he's always lying.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I've heard rumors Chinese made products have unusual "leathers" & "furs" sources.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)They keep racking them up under the misleadership of their ignoble Draft-Dodger-in-Chief
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)available elsewhere.
the GOP neo-economists, just as brilliant now as the GOP Neo-conservatives were 20 years ago and their vision of peace and prosperity in the Arab world would happen if they only had democracy
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Handed all that trade to CHINA and china wasn't even a part of the 'Trans Pacific Partnership".