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Leaders from the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) bloc converge in Manila for two days of talks on November 18-19, 2015. Founded in 1989 in Canberra, Australia, Apec aims to demolish barriers to trade and investment through nonbinding accords. The unwieldy grouping of countries and self-governing territories that range from liberal democracies to dictatorships accounts for three billion people, half of global trade and 60 per cent of world GDP.

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epa05032042 Leaders pose for a group family photo at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Manila, Philippines, 19 November 2015. In picture from top left, Hong Kong's Chief Executive is Leung Chun-ying, Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea President Park Geun-hye, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. front row from left, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III, Peru's President Ollanta Humala, Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang, US President Barack Obama, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Taiwan envoy Vincent Siew. EPA/B

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'I’m just … serving as a matchmaker here...' Obama helps Jack Ma and Philippine entrepreneur Aisa Mijeno find common ground at Apec summit

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma participate in a panel discussion at the APEC CEO Summit in Manila, Philippines, November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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China's Xi Jinping to meet Philippines leader Benigno Aquino at Apec - but territorial disputes unlikely to be resolved

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The View | Apec summit spotlight likely to fall on competing American and Chinese trade liberalisation schemes

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epa05018970 Filipino anti riot police are refected on a glass mounted on a protest placcard during a picket in front of the Philippine Supreme Court to coincide with its en banc session on the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) in Manila, Philippines, 10 November 2015. According to the statement of the protesters, they alledged that the EDCA will be presented as a gift to President Barack Obama when he visits the country to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit. The Philippines will hosts the meetings starting November 12, with the summit on November 18-19. President Benigno Aquino III will host a welcome dinner for the leaders of the 21 member countries on November 18. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG

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