Five facts about APEC with Trump, Putin and Xi set to attend
SPY•SPY•SPY•SPY•Leaders including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are expected at the November 18-19 APEC meeting in Shenzhen. The 21-member forum accounts for about 62% of global GDP and roughly half of global trade.
Founded in 1989, APEC is a 21-member economic forum whose commitments are voluntary and reached by consensus. China is hosting for the third time, with Shenzhen positioned as part of its Greater Bay Area technology and innovation hub.
Xi Jinping will chair the leaders' meeting and deliver remarks. Trump, Putin and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. are among those expected to attend; Taiwan has designated Acer founder Stan Shih as its envoy.
Topics expected to feature include energy security, trade flows, supply chains and inflation risks linked to Middle East instability. China-US ties, including rare earth supplies, artificial intelligence, tariffs and US arms sales to Taiwan, are also likely to be discussed, alongside tensions involving Japan and the Philippines.
