but china is also investing heavily in papua new guinea to win its hearts and minds. . a grand welcome for a new friend, papua new guinea rolled out the red carpet for china's president xi jinping, in town for a pick and a state visit. thousands of people have gathered here just to catch a glimpse of the chinese president. this will of ip is driving down has been paid for by beijing and is the same thing across the country. 90% of the roads here are being built in some way or another with china's help. this is infrastructure that papua new guinea really needs. china has not been shy about showing off where it has spent its money, roads, highways, convention centres, all bankrolled by beijing, not the way it does business here with little transparency has also raised anti— chinese sentiment. but there are locals here to see china as a friend. this lady is the ambassador for the china papua new guinea friendship association. chinese businesses he appalled their money together to fund it. we need something there to help us, people the chinese people coming into the countr

it will be up to papua new guinea and the pacific to decide which direction it wants to go in. the apec summit in papua new guinea. moving on to other news and walmart saying that the company continues to compete with amazon by gobbling up online firms. it says it expects a strong holiday season. 0ur online firms. it says it expects a strong holiday season. our business reporter in new york michelle fleury has the details. judging by the numbers walmart‘s determination to ta ke numbers walmart‘s determination to take on amazon appears to be increasing. the e—commerce brand was boosted by the online grocery business, while store sales grew 3% in the third quarter. if you look heading into the holiday season, walmart, which also ownsjet.com is poised to overtake apple in online sales according to one survey. now this would put the world's largest retailer behind only amazon and ebay. but it has come at a price. it has had to spend more and sacrifice profit margin to achieve these competitive gains. and if you look at thursday's closing stock price, investors punished walmart for

chinese people come into the country and a perception needs to change about chinese people here in papua new guinea are here to help. australia has traditionally been the biggest donor and investor in papua new guinea but the chinese presence in growing rapidly and is increasingly visible to fears grow as to what beijing wants from this region. when you look at what china has done in djibouti and sri lanka where they have taken ownership of a lease of a pot they don't build themselves, you can extrapolate that out through the pacific. that is the concern, but they will get a foothold in the pacific and overtime they will slowly slice the salami to appoint where in 20 or 30 years we have a fully fledged military installation in the pacific. that is why this country is now so important to the us and its allies to america is investing in a new naval base. the battle for influence between these two superpowers as benefiting papua new guinea for now but will also determine its direction in the future. so how do smaller apec nations choose between the world ‘s two largest economies? 0ne choose between th

have imposed sanctions on each other's exports meanwhile thomas reports from port moresby in papua new guinea which is apex poorest member. hooping the events will send more trade that way. technology and international trade mean papua new guinea and we can sell their baskets to anyone in the world crystal q. developed an app to help and at this weekend's apec summit has been awarded a price for innovation so happy that you are looking at this i have a chance to utilize digital technology to hire men to develop and to. in a very simple people in the areas appeal to. the ambition of the asia pacific economic cooperation group is to foster better relations and smoother trade between the twenty one biggest economies of the pacific region combined they're worth more than hoff the world's total but papua new guinea's economy is the smallest of those in the apec group and there's obvious poverty in port moresby a city right now where security is tight most years the leaders of all apec countries attend its annual summit the u.s. president as leader of the biggest economy in the world is the star at

scott morrison they announced that they would jointly sets up a naval base in conjunction with papua new guinea on a papua new guinea an odd man asylum famous for hosting australia's refugee. of course but that same island in a very strategic position on routes from china down into the south pacific sea and that's announcement again it was appointed remind us that they are opposed to china's activities not only the pacific but in the south china sea as well so a lot of the positions i thought we may see a bit more cooperation on sunday but that meeting the four and a half i want to go on that will happen behind closed doors i'm not quite sure how much information will fight up off of that concludes and what's at stake then for the host nation in all of these papua new guinea. well this is a massive event that happened you going to this is the country that has easily the smallest economy of all the members of i have never hosted this summit before that the only country not to have done and they've been building up to this event or five years back in twenty eight when it was a great they would ho

still to come here at al-jazeera in the grip of the health crisis the battle in papua new guinea against an epidemic of tb. and why these women in the spanish capital and so wrangling. hello again it's good to have you back well here cross united states we are finally past the holiday weekend but still a lot of bad weather here across much of the great lakes as well as into the northeast now this is a system that brought the blizzard conditions across the central plains that system is now bring some very heavy rain up towards the northeast also down here towards the southeast now once this system pushes through we're going to be ushering quite a bit of cooler air across much of the northern plains so for chicago three degrees here on monday is going to be a high but on tuesday you're going to be dropping down to about minus four minneapolis at minus seven winnipeg minus twelve you factor in the wind chill and it's probably going to feel more like minus low teens in some of those locations up here to the northwest though we are seeing another system off the pacific and that is going to br

and china is overshadowing a major economic summit will be live from papua new guinea. campaigning begins in what's expected to be nigeria's most expensive presidential election. and later in sport find out why the crowd was unhappy with this tennis player. roger federer be here with. solar still ahead but first authorities in argentina say the submarine a san juan which disappeared with a crew of forty four on board imploded the wreckage of the vessel was discovered a year after it disappeared off the country's eastern coast today several reports from one of cyrus. for a year and two days they walked into the same question where are the forty four loved ones the crew of this on kwan finally they have some answers but not closure just yet loss and we were sitting at the dining table with my mom when the mrs from the submarine command force arrived saying that an object that was detected just said i was the sun one we couldn't believe it we turned on the television and they said it was the sun one this and one was on a routine patrol before it went missing the crew repor

papua new guinea is the poorest of all apec nations hosting this event. has come from australia and china, to build things like venues and roads. a lot of these roads have been builtjust for this event, like this highway over here just this event, like this highway over herejust built for apec. this event, like this highway over here just built for apec. even this event, like this highway over herejust built for apec. even bus stops. but whatever couldn't be built was shipped in. i can see the boat from here. there is. this is home for the next few days. the pacific explorer. i have never stayed on a cruise ship before for a summit. part of the reason why they put us on this ship is because there are not enough hotel rooms in the city. the other reason they are holding the event here is security. port moresby is considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world and, look. they have sent in the australians, the kiwis, the american navy boats for this event. so this is where i am going to be staying for the next couple of days. this is what it looks

an epidemic of tuberculosis in papua new guinea is getting worse doctors and nurses have only been able to reach a fraction of patients who need treatment andrew thomas reports from the capital port moresby. tuberculosis in papua new guinea isn't just an issue it's an epidemic more than one in two hundred fifty people are known to have to kill a disease the real proportion is believed to be much higher. cari dusty fell ill two years ago but living in a remote area accessible only by boat it was five months before she was diagnosed after she was she had trouble after taking the pills she was prescribed listen i faithfully took my medications however my body wasn't reacting well to it i started to experience some kind of allergic reaction and side effects. dusty is perseverance but in rural papua new guinea that's unusual to treat tuberculosis patients need to take an elaborate and unpleasant cocktail of drugs regularly for months a lack of clinics and transport to those clinics makes getting those medicines to people or people to the medicines hard when the base appointment when did don'

dusty is perseverance but in rural papua new guinea that's unusual to treat tuberculosis patients need to take an elaborate and unpleasant cocktail of drugs regularly for months a lack of clinics and transport to those clinics makes getting those medicines to people or people to the medicines hard when the appointment when did on their review dates i dread stan. i go out into the villages and i meet them and i ask them why you are not mean health workers reach only a fraction of those infected and when people let their treatments lapse the disease has a resurgence and becomes more tolerant to drugs once it's more into what's called multi-drug resistant tuberculosis the disease is much harder and more expensive to treat half of all patients die organizations like doctors without borders are trying to help but there's not enough central coordination the frustration that many have here is that papua new guinea's government is no thing is that it has a big problem and that it's getting worse and yet despite having the money the government hasn't been spending it in the right way and hasn't

reports from port moresby proper new guinea which is a place poorest member is hoping the events will send more trade their way. technology and international trade mean papua new guinea and we can sell their baskets to anyone in the world crystal q. developed an app to help and at this weekend's apec summit has been awarded a price for innovation so happy that you are looking at this i have a chance to utilize digital technology to parliament in development to. in a very simple people in the into. the ambition of the asia pacific economic cooperation group is to foster better relations and smoother trade between the twenty one biggest economies of the pacific region combined they're worth more than hoff the world's total but papua new guinea's economy is the smallest of those in the apec group and there's obvious poverty in port moresby a city right now where security is tight most years the leaders of all apec countries attend its annual summit the u.s. president as leader of the biggest economy in the world is the star attraction but donald trump is skipping this year's event leaving china's president xi jinping as the leader in the spotlight and in his

technical resources into connecting more households businesses and serious providers across papua new guinea apec is normally a forum for consensus and cooperation on how to grow economies this is descended into squabbles over policies actions and words and donald trump wasn't even there andrew thomas al-jazeera port moresby police chiefs from around the world of method by to elect a new intern of president after former leader main hallway went missing in china chinese authorities say mangos detained this part of a corruption investigation but his wife says his arrest was for political reasons interpol secretary general told police chiefs men could no longer serve as president his term was due to end in two thousand and twenty on the seventh of october we have been receiving the resignation of our former president mr mang from the people's republic of china the same day we have been receiving an official information from the ministry of public security of the people's republic of china . our former president mr manning is not a delegate of the of of china or for the organization for interpol

epidemic in papua new guinea is getting worse for infrastructure is only adding to the problem so far health workers have only been able to get a fraction of those to get to a fraction of those affected andrew thomas reports from the capital or more speed. tuberculosis in papua new guinea isn't just an issue it's an epidemic more than one in two hundred fifty people are known to happen killer disease the real proportion is believed to be much higher. cari dusty fell ill two years ago but living in a remote area accessible only by boat it was five months before she was diagnosed after she was she had trouble after taking the pills she was prescribed. i faithfully took my medications however my body wasn't reacting well to it i started to experience some kind of allergic reaction and side effects. dusty is perseverance but in rural papua new guinea that's unusual to treat tuberculosis patients need to take an elaborate and unpleasant cocktail of drugs regularly for months a lack of clinics and transport to those clinics makes getting those medicines to people or people to the medicines

the seed apac stands for cooperation but in papua new guinea it appears to stand instead for confrontation it may be smiles all around but accusations have been flying between china and the us regarding their ongoing trade dispute on full display here at apec the host remained diplomatic so we did have very fruitful discussions. exchange very frank views about important issues about the that it is a fiction and the challenges the region continues to face for the first time since a pic was established no final statements were made the us want to the techs to condemn unfair trade practices china rejected this the u.s. is also unhappy about china's plans for its own trade route dubbed the new silk road u.s. vice president mike pence laid out what he sees as the two nations key differences they begin with trade practices with tariffs and quotas. and force technology transfers the theft of intellectual property but it goes beyond that to freedom of navigation in the scenes and concerns about about human rights chinese president xi jinping says his country is not pursuing a hidden political agen

leaders attending the meeting failed to agree on a final communique after today's meetings in papua new guinea the asia pacific economic cooperation summit was less about working together and more about individual statements under tell us reports from port moresby. international summits usually end with bland communiques not chaotic scenes and the prime minister being bundled out of the conference room who peter o'neill papua new guinea's prime minister had just been telling reporters about the success of the apec summit he'd been hosting and trying to leave without taking questions on its dramatic failure but leaders are not being able to agree on even the plan this language for an agreed leaders' statement the apec summit took place behind closed doors so why the failure to get all twenty one to agree i think your writing is as the chair you are the only one not to be able to achieve a community where you have almost twenty one economies agreeing to the agreeing to all the issues that we have discussed and it is not frustration but if we all haitians summit thank you managed to publish somet

mr pence will also travel to singapore and papua new guinea. . they've sank by 5%, dragging down us markets and wiping more than $40bn off apple's market value. and look at this photo on the front page of the new york times. it's a house swallowed by sand in a fishing village in russia. more than 20 homes have been buried under dunes. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? we spoke earlier about how fake news isa we spoke earlier about how fake news is a huge concern in the philippines with social media at the heart of the issue. and now one online media company has joined forces with facebook to try and tackle the problem. together they are aiming to bonk the false stories we mentioned earlier about revising the events of martial law. for more on this i am joined now by marites vitug, who is the editor at large of the social news network rappler. firstly, we could not focus in on a case that the philippine government cut and have with rappler but tell me how rappler deals with investigative journalism, how me how rappler deals with

new guinea where the summit was held. international summits usually end with bland communiques not chaotic scenes and a prime minister being bundled out of a conference room who peter o'neill papua new guinea's prime minister had just been telling reporters about the success of the apec summit he'd been hosting and trying to leave without taking questions on its dramatic failure but leaders not being able to agree on even the plan this language for an agreed leaders statement the apec summit took place behind closed doors so why the failure to get all twenty one to agree i think your writing is alastair you are the reason not to be able to achieve a community where you have almost twenty one economies agreeing to the agreeing to all the issues that we have discussed and it is not the frustration but if we all haitians summit thank managed to publish something even if it's pretty bland agrees they haven't this thought why not ours the problem is that in our bill isn't there this afternoon prime minister chairman statement is not the same as a communique you must be disappointed there's been not going to there's been term stegman in the past. maybe i'm so used to that with this in

papua new guinea, for example, a pledge to help build its electricity grid. d another message that was pretty striking. pence announcing that australia and the u.s. would be building a military base on papua new guinea's manis island, and that is clearly part of the larger competition on military fronts between china and the u.s. and their allies over influence and control of the pacific. george. >> ivan watson, live in hong kong. thank you. >>> and finally this hour, we want to take you inside india's first elephant hospital. this opened up last week in south of new delhi. elephants are an endangered species and the hospital uses cutting edge technology including wireless exray machines and ultrasound to treat injured and sick or aging elephants. the nonprofit behind the hospital's rescue of wild animals across the country, of course, activists say elephants are revered in india, but can also be abused or hunted. thanks for being with us for cnn newsroom. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. early start is next for viewers here in the united states

to this i pack summit we were expecting something in writing the great so we haven't got it papua new guinea's prime minister says a formal closing statement will be released in the coming days peter o'neill was mobbed by journalists at the apec closing news conference his short statement left reporters wondering what had been decided during the two days of talks. air strikes have resumed over her data in yemen the main port for food and medical supplies the saudi and iraqi coalition is trying to retake it from the who's the rebels the united nations as the war has pushed eight million people to the brink of starvation monitor reports from nearby djibouti after a brief pause in fighting a few days ago the besieged city of her days again in flames both if fighters us a top target that industrial complex on the outskirts with rockets and artillery because it was a base for the pro-government alliance backed by soda. its forces took control of these parts of the eastern suburbs a few days ago philthy commanders say the recent clue sharply forces fired is simply a ploy to allow their allies to the

australia the us and its allies and china will be the main unofficial theme of the summit for papua new guinea and smaller immediates will be concern over waste and corruption associated with hosting the event the country is impoverished with struggling health and education systems so flying in hundreds of brand new cars to shuttle delegates around including forty luxury maseratis from italy has been controversial and unpopular. you see those maseratis driving around the streets of port moresby but otherwise those streets are deserted this is a city that's really been cleared out for this summit much of the summit is actually taking place on two cruise ships that have docked alongside the harbor in port moresby what you can see going on behind me on the big screen is a conference for c.e.o.'s business leaders that's being addressed by mike pence president xi and others on saturday but it is being posted on board a cruise ship not on land the actual main summit though that will be on land a brand new conference center that's being built by papua new guinea with help from australia and china who

mentioned australia new zealand the us japan saying that they would invest millions of dollars in papua new guinea bringing electricity so the poorest parts of this country at the moment only thirteen percent of people in papua new guinea have reliable power countryside with their money and with papa new guinea and help as well they'll bring that number up to seventy percent of the country by twenty thirty will hot on the heels of that the chinese there was an announcement that they will relieve day it's from one of the pacific island nations in this part of the world debts to china is a big issue china invest heavily in major projects right across this region but it offers loans to countries that do have to be paid back at some stage tongans loans . it looks as though china is going to really none of this is particularly relevant to apec now this will be in the final communique and frankly that final communique is expected to be quite bland's because it's going to be about finding common ground that all these twenty one members of apec can agree on even though they're actually quite supposed i me

but papua new guinea is a tiny tiny part of that so huge excitement. hosting this big event many many roads closed off a lot of the events actually the speeches that you saw of itself there actually took place in a on a cruise ship that has been brought in because there aren't really the facilities in the city to host events of this size alone the main apec summit itself will be held at a new conference center called apec house that'll happen on sunday as for what we're expecting will be a photo opportunity with all the leaders later on saturday then a dinner for them all on saturday night but the main talks will be on sunday but although those are the official events it's the kind of the bilateral meetings the sideline meetings that perhaps tell us more about what's going on here i'll give an example president jay last night on friday night i should say hosted a reception for pacific island leaders particularly those he invests heavily in in terms of aid on investment projects but also interesting lee only those specific a lot of countries that recogn

dusty is perseverance but in rural papua new guinea that's unusual to treat tuberculosis patients need to take an elaborate and unpleasant cocktail of drugs regularly for months a lack of clinics and transport to those clinics makes getting those medicines to people or people to the medicines hard when the base appointment when did on their review dates i do a stand. i go out into the villages and i meet them and i ask them why you are not mean health workers reach only a fraction of those infected and when people let their treatments lapse the disease has a resurgence and becomes more tolerant to drugs once it's more into what's called multi-drug resistant tuberculosis the disease is much harder and more expensive to treat hall of all patients die organizations like doctors without borders are trying to help but there's not enough central coordination the frustration that many have here is that papua new guinea's government is known for years that it has a big problem and that it's getting worse and yet despite having the money the government hasn't been spending it in the right way a

announced millions of dollars to help bring reliable electricity to the majority of people in papua new guinea and that seen as a way to counter the growing chinese investment and influence this principle space partnership signals our ongoing commitment to put our financial and our technical resources into connecting more households businesses and service providers across papa new guinea apec is normally a forum for consensus and cooperation on how to grow economies this use descended into squabbles over policies actions and words and donald trump wasn't even there andrew thomas al-jazeera port moresby a crucial talks to entry lanka's political deadlock failed president multi-polar city senior chaired a multi party meeting on sunday to try to end a crisis that's gripped the nation for weeks but he could not achieve a break through the turmoil began when sarah seen a satirist prime minister and replaced him with former president mahinda rajapaksa government leaders in tanzania may soon have two hundred thousand tonnes of cashew nuts on their hands they plan to buy the entire crop to try and end

a year ago it looked far from certain port moresby would be ready for the biggest event papua new guinea has ever hosted but we've chinese and australian help and money the country's leader says it is i was very proud of our country and they've been able to step up and. going to deliver one of the most memorable and hospitable if it got me to. you know history papua new guinea is the poorest member of the asia pacific economic cooperation or apec group but the economies of its twenty one members are combined worth more than half the world's total discussing ways to grow them further through free trade investment and development is the official substance of the apec summit with big investment deals likely to be negotiated and announced but it's the unofficial meetings and bilateral discussions and deals on the sidelines that will matter most particularly those involving china's president well this is the show paying isn't paul was me for five days whereas most leaders will be spending as little time here at or in port moresby as possible to the disappointments of its hosts presidents puti

the prime minister of papua new guinea, you see in the yellow, one of the yellow shirts, he the entire world is worried. the aipac nations and economies make up half the world trade, 60% of global gdp, and those 21 economic blocs or nations, they are in the cross fires of china and united states for your they rely on trade and were not able to put out a communique. let's hear from the main players, being xi jinping and mike pence. mankind has once again reached a crossroads. which direction should we choose? cooperation or confrontation? openness or closing one's door? the issue of all countries and the future of mankind hinges on the choices we make. >> the united states will not change course. >> the bill initiative is an open platform for cooperation. it is guided by the principles of the consultation and cooperation for a share of the benefit. it is not designed to serve any hidden geopolitical agenda. it is not target against anyone and does not exclude anyone. >> the united states offers a better option. we don't don't -- we don't drown our partners in a sea of debt, don't compro

get the kids the red carpets were rolled the bones plates chinese flanks were waved clearly papua new guinea has already been wooed by the middle kingdom but how did the other countries feel some analysts say the u.s. still has its trump card and despite all this america first talk many countries in the region still crave a slice of the american pie the truck to put the seat has become. recent or an excuse for small countries to our support and this will help from the united states to hedge against china i think that is wonderful news for the small countries despite the division disagreement between china and the u.s. and the rivalry among them are escalating i think. very much. rather than something i grew up i'm actually north of because people find a lot of opportunities for the smaller countries to get into these rivalry the scenario and trying to work together to try to find us and try to get us all that it can get past a lockdown it was an apex of first time it's been held in papua new guinea and the only time leaders have been unable to agree on a formal declaration so is divorce on t

it is a big week politically in the asia-pacific with back-to-back summits in singapore and papua new guineaison's first on the global stage since he became prime minister. our to tell us more is managing editor for australia and new zealand. what is morrison's agenda? reporter: that is right, a busy week in the diplomatic calendar kicks off this week. we have the association of southeast asian nations gathering in singapore before -- action moves support moves to papua new guinea. trading likely to be high on the agenda as the region tries to navigate its way through the u.s.-china trade dispute, and we have a wave of dignitaries coming, among the dignitaries, narendra modi, vladimir putin, .hinzo abe, china's premier lee eventswe absent at the is donald trump. he will be the first u.s. president not to attend since 2013. in his place will be the vice he isent mike pence, but raising questions about his commitment to the region. the u.s. pulled out of a major trade pact in the region, and allies are starting to question his commitment. .his is pertinent for australia the growing reality of

base on papua new guinea to push back against china. australia is willing. i wish we were there.ntioned mike pence at the hudson institute. outlining beijing's unfair trading practices. the trading practice doesn't bother me because we are not saints in this regard. beijing, -- trade with you get what you pay for. his emphasis on human readers, defense of taiwan, that was the game changer. stuff on trade we have heard before and companies who want to do business there, you asked for it. but the other bigger geopolitical moral issues, that was the meat of it. shery: we saw a mature elections, several candidates opposed to president trump's tariffs and trade were defeated. does this give the green light for president trump to become harsher on china? >> i think the tariffs haven't hit yet and people have money in their pocket from a hot economy. most of the rural states will stand with president trump even if it is a hit to their bottom line. this gives trump reason to stay harder against china for longer especially because many democrats dig in on trade more than republicans. don'

mr pence will also travel to singapore and papua new guinea. ey have sank by 5%, dragging down us markets and wiping more than $40 billion off apple's market value. and look at this photo on the front page of the new york times. it is a house swallowed by sand in a fishing village in russia. more than 20 homes have been buried under dunes. the man who co—created the universe of marvel comics, stan lee, has died at the age of 95. he dreamed up heroes like spider—man, hulk, the x—men, the fantastic four and iron man, giving them super—powers, but also humanity. the bbc‘s lizo mizimba has more. # spider—man, spider—man. .. in comics... # does whatever a spider can... in cartoons... in cinema... stan lee's creations have captivated fans for decades. he started in publishing in the 1930s, at the company that would eventually evolve into marvel, and where he helped create characters ranging from ironman and the x—men to black panther, and so many more. i would be writing these stories, along with the artists we'd be working with, and we would all be h

papa new guinea is getting worse poor infrastructure means health workers have only been able to get to a fraction of those affected andrew thomas reports in the capital port moresby tuberculosis in papua new guinea isn't just an issue it's an epidemic more than one in two hundred fifty people are known to have to kill a disease the real proportion is believed to be much higher. cari dusty fell ill two years ago but living in a remote area accessible only by boat it was five months before she was diagnosed after she was she had trouble after taking the pills she was prescribed listen i faithfully took my medications however my body wasn't reacting well to it i started to experience some kind of allergic reaction and side effects. dusty is perseverance but in rural papua new guinea that's unusual to treat tuberculosis patients need to take an elaborate and unpleasant cocktail of drugs regularly for months the lack of clinics and transport to those clinics makes getting those medicines to people or people to the medicines hard when the base appointment when did on day review dates i drew a stand. i go out into the villages and i meet them and i ask them why you are not calm mean health w

you're in china convene to discuss the future of the planet that's followed by and apec summit in papua new guinea again the usa russia and china will be present we'll get the perspective of a u.k. government advisor on china later in the show but before that to the midterms which british media arguably suggests demonstrate don't trump decline even though the g.o.p. won seats in the senate joining me now via skype from atlanta georgia is the green party twenty sixteen vice presidential candidate joe miller. thanks for coming back on record breaking turnout but still more people didn't vote than voted what is the point of us elections. it is to determine every two or four years what presses will be put in office and i hate to sound like that but in essence because of the very real limitations of u.s. democracy that make it very difficult for any political challenge to take place beyond the two parties then people are basically stuck with having to participate either supporting major ruling class party or another and so those of course isn't so third forces like the green party are basically margina

and china any time soon and the asian economic summit in papua new guinea pains was mocking beijing's regional ambitions while she hit out at trump's america first protectionist agenda and as a result the apec gathering ended without a final communique and that for the first time in its history. the seed apec stands for cooperation but in papua new guinea it appears to stand instead for confrontation it may be smiles all around but accusations have been flying between china and the us regarding their ongoing trade dispute on full display here at apec the host remained diplomatic so very fruitful discussions. exchanged very frank views about important issues about the that it's a fiction and the challenges the region continues to face for the first time since a pic was established no final statements were made the u.s. wanted the text to condemn unfair trade practices china rejected this the u.s. is also unhappy about china's plans for its own trade route dubbed the new silk road u.s. vice president mike pence laid out what he sees as the two nations key differences they begin with tra