Economics • STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 19, 2020 • 3 min read

RCEP Xi touts China’s huge economy as base of free trade in APEC speech
By
Agence France-Presse
• Nov 19, 2020
Following the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, President Xi Jinping pegged China as the pivot point for global free trade, vowing to keep his "super-sized" economy open and warning against protectionism in a global economy eviscerated by Covid-19