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China/u.s. economic cooperation is win sl/win in nature. we have to work to expand trade and properly address our trade frictions to achieve a outcome. and at the same time, we will step up our communication and cooperation on and advance the settlement of the korean peninsula nuclear issue, afghanistan, syria and other original hot spot issues. and at the same time we will maintain close communication and coordination at the united nations, the g-20, the apec and other multi-level institutions....

Department being full of anti-semites. what do you think of him? >> well, i think that j street is in fact a group that is very much outside the mainstream of american jewish policies toward a free and fair relationship between the israelis and the palestinians. >> how so? >> apec would be considered the center or center left. j street was formed because a group of pacifists felt like a group was not represented. >> you said center left? >> apec is center left, i think. there is a republican jew...

How does it push out? do some of the asian allies gravitate towards more the new sheriff in town? >> we are already seeing that, countries like philippines were moving towards china. now close u.s. allies like australia are recognizing the balance of power in asia is shifting and its shifting towards china. thats why at apec last week, many leaders were moving towards china. talking about the regional economic partnership as the new show in town. china was stepping up as the leader of free trade...

Revive it. but havent heard him talk about jared kushner in conjunction with it before. makes a certain sense for trumps sensibility. jared helped draft the peek before apec earlier this year and been adviser on israel but not an issue that kushner has decades of experience. >> but just to be clear, he was serious? >> completely serious. >> let see go through a couple other issues that made news. you asked him all the -- everybody there asked about the alt groups that met over the weekend and wh...

Steps as we were at the g20 to start addressing these issues. with regard to the digital economy, we endorse rules to protect the personal information as it crosses borders. we discussed the importance of maintaining the moratorium on digital goods and inknnovation d given growing cyber threats our 21 apec economies confirm that no one should support or enable cyber theft of intellectual property including trade secrets. were also moving ahead with making our economies more inclusive. one partic...

Bribery that enriches elites at the expense of people. we committed to making it easier to trade in services as well as goods. we also discussed excess capacity that exists in certain sectors like steel and aluminum that supports markets and hurts businesses and workers, including american workers. even as i argued we cannot engage in protectionist measures, my administration has been at the forefront of really cracking down hard on unfair trade practices and brought consistently cases against -...

Youre looking at live pictures of two big events happening tonight. first, president obama will give his last international address tonight from the apec conference in lima, peru. were waiting for the president who could speak at any minute. were going to carry it live in the entirety on cnn. on the left side of the screen, the revolving door where potential cabinet picks have been coming all day. its been a busy weekend of transitions for trump. the president-elect, in the meantime, in the mids...

Would impose 45% tariffs on chinese goods if elected. now obama, of course, took this opportunity to reassure the opportunities from 21 apec countries that there wouldnt be any wild swings in direction and he asked the world to reserve judgment. take a listen. >> my main message to you though and the message i delivered in europe is dont just assume the worst, wait until the administrations in place, its actually putting its policies together and then you can make your judgments. >> all right. s...

Corruption. we also discussed capacity that exists in certain sectors like steel and aluminum that distorts markets and hurts businesses and workers including american workers opinion even as i argued we cannot engage in protectist measures, my administration has been at the forefront of really cracking down hard on unfair trade practices and brought consistently cases against under the wto against those who are engaging in unfair trading practices and weve had a great track record of trade enfo...

Lima. whats on the presidents agenda today? >> reporter: well, i think the short answer to that is that donald trump is on the agenda here. everyone in this part of the world, asia-pacific region, latin america, trying to understand what the election of donald trump means. of course, thats no surprise. here the big issue is trade. the president is here to meet with the leaders of 21 nations, thats apec. nations like russia, china, japan, south korea, philippines. the issue is the transpacific pa...