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2025-11-04
‘China is the standard bearer of free trade’
Apec leaders pledged to strengthen economic cooperation to navigate fast-changing global conditions when they met in South Korea last week. They also highlighted their strong commitment to develop a dynamic and peaceful Asia-Pacific region.
On the sidelines of the Apec summit, President Xi Jinping held landmark talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump, as the world's two largest economies struck a truce in their trade war sparked by US tariffs.
In this episode of our segment "China Perspectives", Victor Gao, vice-president of the Centre for China and Globalisation in Beijing, told Azam Khan that, in contrast to the United States, China has become a fierce defender and the standard bearer of free trade.
