The president’s trade policies have caught smaller nations between the U.S. and China as the world’s two most formidable economic powers vie for dominance.

Senior forestry officials and climate finance experts from Indonesia, Viet Nam, and Nepal gathered in Seoul this week to explore ways to expand high-integrity forest carbon transactions across the Asia-Pacific region.

Forbes Asia’s 2025 list has the most number of companies from India (18) followed by Singapore and Japan (14 each), China (9), Indonesia and South Korea (8 each) and Australia (7)

BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday that openness, cooperation and integrated development are the key to the “Asia-Pacific miracle” and the only way for countries in the region to jointly meet challenges and create a better future.

“The two countries came in, and they were in the White House and they started off here, and they got closer and closer and closer,” Trump said, holding his fists out, before inching them back together. “After an hour they were hugging each other and peace—it was amazing actually, it was beautiful to see,” he added.

President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the 30th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco, the United States, Nov 17, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING -- APEC was born at a pivotal moment when a tide of economic globalization was beginning to surge.

Leaders from 21 Pacific Rim economies will gather this week in Gyeongju, South Korea, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, forum. Meetings began Monday and will run through Saturday, though talks are expected to be overshadowed by U.

Amid mounting trade shocks and heightened geopolitical uncertainties, Chinese President Xi Jinping will join leaders from APEC economies in South Korea in the coming days, in a bid to build consensus for shared prosperity and reaffirm China’s commitment to open,

President Trump on Wednesday impersonated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his absence during a stop in South Korea. “He’s a killer, he’s tough as hell,” Trump said at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold high-stakes talks at the APEC summit in South Korea amid ongoing trade disputes over soybeans and rare earths.