Major Pacific leaders gathered in Peru: What happened at historic APEC meeting
Lima hosted significant Pacific-region summit that brought together 21 nations economic powerhouses. Meeting took place during important US political shift with massive global trade implications
In a high-stakes meet-up in Lima Peruʼs economic leaders from Pacific-rim nations came together for the yearly APEC get-together (which controls about 65% of worlds GDP and 50% of trade flows)
The summit brought key decision-makers to one table including Xi Jinping‚ Joe Biden‚ Justin Trudeau‚ Prabowo Subianto‚ Shigeru Ishiba and Anthony Albanese — all ready to talk business and trade deals
- Xi Jinping from China
- Joe Biden representing USA
- Justin Trudeau of Canada
- Prabowo Subianto from Indonesia
- Shigeru Ishiba leading Japan
- Anthony Albanese from Australia
The cross-pacific meet-up happened at an interesting time: right after US picked its new leader which made everyone think about how global trade deals might change. Twenty-one economies sat down in Peruʼs capital to work on asia-pacific cooperation — showing how inter-connected our trade world is
