Meeting of minds: Lee (left) speaking with Xi during a session at the Apec Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju. — AFP/Yonhap
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders that his country would help to defend global free trade at an annual economic regional forum snubbed by US President Donald Trump.
Xi took centre stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that began yesterday in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, as Trump left the country a day earlier after reaching deals with Xi meant to ease their escalating trade war.
