US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping were equally critical in their speeches at the Apec summit on Saturday in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP/AFP
US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping were equally critical in their speeches at the Apec summit on Saturday in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP/AFP
China /  Diplomacy

Xi Jinping, Mike Pence trade barbs over trade war at Apec summit while selling visions for regional cooperation

  • Protectionism solves nothing, confrontation produces no winners, Chinese president tells assembled leaders
  • China has taken advantage of America ‘for many, many years and those days are over’, US vice-president says

Topic |   US-China relations
Kinling LoLee Jeong-hoBhavan Jaipragas
Kinling Lo Lee Jeong-ho and Bhavan Jaipragas

Updated: 5:45am, 20 Nov, 2018

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US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping were equally critical in their speeches at the Apec summit on Saturday in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP/AFP
US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping were equally critical in their speeches at the Apec summit on Saturday in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Photo: AP/AFP
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