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business correspondent, nick marsh. nick, great to see you. what details do we have about what president biden announced? he: didn t really say much in the end, to be honest. he said there is more work to be done when it comes to the indo pacific economic framework. i would say that s a bit of an understatement. we have been talking about this agreement, it s not even a properfree trade agreement, it s not even a proper free trade agreement, let s not forget. we have been talking about it for about a year and a half. still no consensus reached. i think the latest stumbling block was on securing an agreement on workers rights and environmental protections. i think itjust goes to the heart of what s been achievable and not achievable at this apec summit on the diplomatic front, there has been considerable between china and the progress us, the mood music has been positive, the economic issues are much harder to unpick. the united states knows that china dominates this re ....

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