APEC in focus
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The 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held on November 15th and 16th in Peru. Leaders and senior officials from 21 member economies will meet in its capital Lima. Founded 35 years ago after the end of the Cold War, the group of 21 Asia-Pacific economies now accounts for 60 percent of the world's economic output and half of world trade. The region has always been an engine of global economic growth and driver of free trade. But what lies ahead with the election of Donald Trump? What will be China's message at this year's APEC meeting? What are the goals and missions of other members?
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