#BREAKING China's Xi at APEC: protectionism 'doomed to failure' 
#BREAKING China's Xi: No one wins from 'cold war, hot war, trade war'
#UPDATE China’s President Xi calls for upholding "the WTO-centred multilateral trading system” ahead of an APEC summit at which US-China trade tensions are likely to take centre stage u.afp.com/oHvB
#BREAKING Pence vows tariffs to remain until 'China changes its ways'
#BREAKING Pence slams China's 'opaque' chequebook diplomacy
#BREAKING Pence says US to establish Papua New Guinea military base
#UPDATE Pence encourages Pacific nations to embrace the US, which, he says, in a swipe at Beijing's massive "Belt and Road" infrastructure initiative, does not offer a "constricting belt or a one-way road"
#UPDATE China and the US trade heated barbs ahead of an APEC summit, lashing out at each other over protectionism, trade tariffs and "chequebook diplomacy" in the region u.afp.com/oHvV
#UPDATE China and the US cross swords ahead of an APEC summit, duelling over protectionism, trade tariffs and "chequebook diplomacy" as they laid out sharply contrasting visions for the Pacific Rim region u.afp.com/oVZT
