APEC economic leaders commit to improving trade narrative, 2040 vision
Economic leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Friday committed to meliorating the narrative on trade and investment and outlined a 20-year vision for the multilateral trading system. President Trump participated in the Nov. 20 virtual meeting, hosted by Malaysia, where he “and APEC leaders endorsed the APEC Putrajaya Vision 2040 that will make free and fair trade the focus of the APEC agenda for the next two decades,” according to a White House statement . Trump had...