LIMA, Peru (AP) – The Latest on the summit of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru (all times local):
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China’s President Xi Jinping is calling for a free trade agreement across the Asia-Pacific region to promote more equitable global growth.
Xi made the forceful call against protectionism in a keynote address to business leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru on Saturday.
Xi said that China has contributed to 40 percent of global growth since the global financial crisis. China’s economy is now cooling as it seeks to rebalance growth away from exports to more domestic sources of growth, but it remains an engine of global growth.