Xi Jinping, Kamala Harris and other Asia-Pacific leaders convene in Bangkok for financial forum

Xi Jinping, Kamala Harris and other Asia-Pacific leaders convene in Bangkok for financial forum


A motorcyclist observed using earlier the APEC 2022 signal in Bangkok. The Apec 2022 summit will acquire location at the Queen Sirikit Countrywide Convention Middle in Bangkok from November 18-19,2022.

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Officers from 21 Asia-Pacific economies are collecting in Bangkok as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial conference kicks off Thursday.

Attendees for the group’s initially in-individual summit in four decades involves Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Japanese Primary Minister Fumio Kishida.

A lot of leaders also attended the Team of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, previously this week, exactly where topics on the desk incorporated Russia’s war on Ukraine, electrical power and foodstuff safety concerns as nicely as provide chain disruptions.

Thursday’s meeting is aspect of a week of gatherings, through which officials are expected to explore the trade, supply chain for critical items and vaccines, resuming travel, economic structural reform and marketing indigenous economy.

There is also a CEO summit, which operates from Wednesday to Friday, as nicely as an financial leaders assembly on Friday and Saturday.



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