LIMA - Chinese President Xi Jinping pushed Beijing's free trade plans Saturday at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, stepping up to fill the void left by US President-elect Donald Trump's protectionism. Xi urged regional leaders to advance both deals at the summit. "I personally think that President Trump will be like chairman of the corporation Trump," he said. Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, who took domestic political risks to back TPP, visited Trump in New York on Thursday to hear from the president-elect himself. "The benefits of a China-led regional trade deal are likely to be much smaller," he said in a note.

Source: Bangkok Post November 19, 2016 21:47 UTC