AusPol / 20 November 2023
Another APEC summit done and dusted
The result? Something called the ‘San Francisco Principles on Integrating Inclusivity and Sustainability into Trade and Investment Policy’ (catchy, eh…) – its aim is to do what it says on the box. As for the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, there wasn’t a lot… APEC’s not the right forum to discuss geopolitical issues, members said. It also doesn’t seem to have been the right place for PM Anthony Albanese to discuss the ear injuries sustained by Aussie navy divers thanks to sonar pulses from a Chinese warship in international waters off Japan last week. Deputy PM Richard Marles says the government has raised the “unsafe and unprofessional interaction” with Chinese officials, but the Coalition wants to know if Albanese brought it up with China’s Xi Jinping while both men were at the summit.
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