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A distant war has powerful resonance in a region often divided by faith.

Already low expectations for "deliverables" at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco took a further blow on the eve of Wednesday's meeting between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden when the latter's administration acknowledged that a key multilateral trade initiative was mired in American political infighting. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen described "substantial progress" in negotiating the trade section of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework on Monday, the knottiest of the f

While Janet Yellen touts ‘substantial progress’ negotiating trade section of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, she says it ‘looks not to be complete’.

The Golden Gate Bridge, a slender passageway created at the entrance of San Francisco Bay, offers an opening in the line of low hills to meet the Pacific Ocean. It is this setting where 21 leaders from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum are convening to discuss today's tensions and the road ahead in fog-bound San Francisco.

‘Deliverables’ at Apec gathering expected to be modest at best, despite recent high-level engagement, due to low level of bilateral trust.