Investors may have been disappointed by the lack of a grand bargain, but Trump will get another chance to push relations forward when he travels to China in April. “The practice of statecraft is never a one-off thing,” Pradeep Philip, Deloitte’s chief economist, tells me. Here are some takeaways for leaders after a whirlwind week:

President Lee Jae Myung and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation during summit talks. They met at the APEC summit.

As South Korea hosted world leaders for the APEC summit, social media users falsely claimed the Lee Jae Myung administration was showing favouritism towards Beijing by displaying only the Chinese flag outside the Seoul Central Government Complex.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Asia-Pacific leaders his country would help to defend global free trade as U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed an annual economic regional forum

World leaders kicked off the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit on Friday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping taking the spotlight to address global trade uncertainties.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks at the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29, 2025.

Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum, as the world is relieved after President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a tempor

Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific Rim nations have vowed greater economic cooperation and integration to overcome shared challenges

U.S. participation at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum this week in South Korea has been "very strong and robust", U.S. Senior Official to APEC Casey Mace said on Friday.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to make greater efforts to persuade North Korea to return to talks, as the two leaders on Saturday agreed on a set of steps to expand their economic and other ties.