The ongoing trade spat between the US and China has been blamed for an historic “failing” of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, held this year in Papua New Guinea.
The Apec summit traditionally ends with a joint communique released by all 21 member states in attendance, however this year a “bitter battle for influence and power broke out among the world’s two superpowers”, the BBC reports.
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