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Latin America weathered Trump tariffs better than feared: regional bank chief
Latin America weathered Trump tariffs better than feared: regional bank chief
Economy
by  AFP

The impact of tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump "has been less than expected" in Latin America, the head of the region's development bank told AFP in an interview. But "when you look at the year from January to date, the impact has been less than expected," said Sergio Diaz-Granados, president of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF), in an interview on Friday.

China's Xi to meet South Korean leader, capping APEC summit
China's Xi to meet South Korean leader, capping APEC summit
Economy
by  AFP

Xi Jinping will sit down with South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Saturday, after taking centre stage at an Asian summit in the wake of a US leader Donald Trump's departure. Trump chose to return to the United States following those talks, leaving the Chinese leader to take centre stage at a summit in which he has framed Beijing as a counterweight to an American-led international order.