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15 Asian Nations Sign Huge China-Backed RCEP Trade Pact

HANOI: Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies formed the world’s largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under President Donald Trump. The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP) at a regional summit in Hanoi is one more …

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As president-elect, Joe Biden blunts American diplomacy again

Joe Biden, with almost 50 years of experience in Washington, kept promises to return to normalcy. Washington: After Donald Trump in his first week as president spoke with Australia’s prime minister, the call leaks left many dumbfounded, with the new American leader haranguing and hanging up on the close ally. …

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