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Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec)  bloc converge in Manila for two days of talks on November 18-19, 2015. Founded in 1989 in Canberra, Australia, Apec aims to demolish barriers to trade and investment through nonbinding accords. The unwieldy grouping of countries and self-governing territories that range from liberal democracies to dictatorships accounts for three billion people, half of global trade and 60 per cent of world GDP.

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Outside InVirtual realities: why return of face-to-face Apec meetings is a good thing

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Inside OutWhy this year will be a challenging one for APEC

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The ViewApec summit spotlight likely to fall on competing American and Chinese trade liberalisation schemes

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It’s official: Wall Street topped US$100 billion in profit

The Charging Bull or Wall Street Bull is pictured in New York City on January 16, 2019. Photo: Reuters
  • Goldman Sachs Group and peers have already reported more than US$111 billion of profit for 2018

Beijing-backed free-trade plan fails to advance at Apec

epa05032042 Leaders pose for a group family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila, Philippines, 19 November 2015. In picture from top left, Hong Kong's Chief Executive is Leung Chun-ying, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea President Park Geun-hye, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. front row from left, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, Peru's President Ollanta Humala, Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang, US President Barack Obama, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Taiwan envoy Vincent Siew. EPA/B

Fit for a president: The hotel owned by one of Manila’s richest men that is home to Xi Jinping during Apec summit

epa05031219 Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a welcome dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the capital city of Manila, Philippines, 18 November 2015. Leaders from 21 countries and self-governing territories are gathering in Manila for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The meeting's official agenda is focused on trade, business and economic issues but terrorism, South China Sea disputes and climate change are also set to be in focus. EPA/EDGAR SU / POOL
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Chinese president 'full of praise' for CY Leung's post-reform strategy for Hong Kong

Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets with Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Manila, the Philippines. Photo: Xinhua

'I’m just … serving as a matchmaker here...' Obama helps Jack Ma and Philippine entrepreneur Aisa Mijeno find common ground at Apec summit

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma participate in a panel discussion at the APEC CEO Summit in Manila, Philippines, November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Chinese President Xi Jinping sends warning over rival Asia-Pacific trade pacts

(151118) -- MANILA, Nov. 18, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the opening ceremony of the APEC CEO summit in Manila, the Philippines, Nov. 18, 2015. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) (zwx)

Hong Kong's Commercial Radio criticises Manila for barring reporter covering Apec summit

A Commercial Radio reporter was barred from the Apec summit in Manila

Apec pledges to boost fight against terrorism following deadly terror attacks in Paris

China's President Xi Jinping is welcomed upon arrival at the international airport in Manila November 17, 2015. President Xi Jinping is in the country to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Meeting. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

In signal to China, Obama will give 2 ships to Philippines to boost its maritime security

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to reporters after touring the BRP Gregorio del Pilar in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015. The BRP Gregorio del Pilar is an advanced Philippine Navy frigate once owned by the United States. While in Manila, Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit with nearly two dozen other leaders. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hong Kong chief secretary hopes city’s football team has ‘wonderful game’ tonight in its highly anticipated match versus China

Carrie Lam expressed hope for a great effort from Hong Kong’s football team tonight against China. Photo: David Wong

Japan may soon supply Philippines with surveillance and 'sub-hunting' aircraft to spy on Chinese assets in disputed South China Sea

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President Benigno Aquino takes the Philippines forward

President Aquino has been described by commentators as a proponent of pluralism and minority rights. Photo: Ritchie B. Tongo/Pool Photo via Reuters

Hongkongers have long regarded the Philippines with barely-concealed contempt. However, times have changed. The Philippines is no longer a basket case.

Apec’s daft statement: How the ‘silly-shirts’ photo became a diplomatic mainstay

1996, Subic Bay, the Philippines: US President Bill Clinton, right, wearing a traditional “barong tagalog”, does “the wave” with Koo Chen-fu of Taiwan, left, and Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa. Photo: AP

China's Xi Jinping to meet Philippines leader Benigno Aquino at Apec - but territorial disputes unlikely to be resolved

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (L) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping as he arrives for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting at Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing on November 11, 2014. Top leaders and ministers of the 21-member APEC grouping are meeting in Beijing from November 7 to 11. AFP PHOTO / Greg BAKER

China keen to promote its idea for Asia-Pacific trade pact at Apec in Manila

epa05018970 Filipino anti riot police are refected on a glass mounted on a protest placcard during a picket in front of the Philippine Supreme Court to coincide with its en banc session on the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) in Manila, Philippines, 10 November 2015. According to the statement of the protesters, they alledged that the EDCA will be presented as a gift to President Barack Obama when he visits the country to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit. The Philippines will hosts the meetings starting November 12, with the summit on November 18-19. President Benigno Aquino III will host a welcome dinner for the leaders of the 21 member countries on November 18. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG

Beijing to paint skies Apec blue for second world war anniversary parade celebrating victory over Japan

How it should be: so-called Apec blue skies over the Sunrise East Kempinski Hotel during the 2014 Apec meeting. Photo: Xinhua

NewAPEC backs WTO efforts to boost global trade

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers at their press briefing on Sunday where they vowed support for efforts to bolster global trade. Photo: Kyodo

ExclusiveXi did not talk down to me like ‘elder brother’, Aquino says of Apec chat

Benigno Aquino and Xi Jinping at last's year's Apec leaders' summit in Beijing. Photo: AFP

President Xi Jinping did not talk like he was an “elder brother” and seemed “very sincere” during a meeting in Beijing in November, Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said.

Apec looks to improve small firms’ access to capital

Efforts are being made to facilitate public-private partnership infrastructure projects. Photo: EPA

NewApec to turn focus to income inequality, inclusive trade

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a briefing at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 2014 summit in Beijing. Photo: EPA