Divided by Design: APEC's Mixed Signals on Trade and Tech The recent Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers meeting in Suzhou, China, has left the global community with more questions than answers about the state of US China relations.
The summit's outcome is a patchwork of contradictory messages, where Beijing touts progress on free trade while Washington focuses on balanced trade and tariffs.
At its core, the trade issue between the two economic giants revolves around their fundamentally different views on globalization.