Prime Minister James Marape announced today that Papua New Guinea’s ‘bid’ to once more host the Asia-Pacific Economic Leaders’ Summit has successfully been accepted by the APEC membership for the year 2033.

Investors may have been disappointed by the lack of a grand bargain, but Trump will get another chance to push relations forward when he travels to China in April. “The practice of statecraft is never a one-off thing,” Pradeep Philip, Deloitte’s chief economist, tells me. Here are some takeaways for leaders after a whirlwind week:

President Lee Jae Myung and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation during summit talks. They met at the APEC summit.

Taiwan's representative to last weekend's APEC summit rebuffed Chinese protests on Monday about his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi while there, saying that it was "very normal" for him to meet leaders attending.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders his country would help to defend global free trade as U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed an annual economic regional forum

World leaders kicked off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping taking the spotlight to address global trade uncertainties.

Zhang Han, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office Photo: the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office. There's only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of it. T

Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum, as the world is relieved after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a tempor

The use of AI in manufacturing can also contribute to energy security. In 2011, APEC economies pledged to reduce their aggregate energy intensity by 45 percent by 2035 from 2005 levels. By 2022, energy intensity had already fallen by 28 percent and the 45 percent reduction target could be met ahead of schedule by 2032.