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A New Trade Deal Without the U.S.

11/11/2017 GMT

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Group of Asia Pacific countries push for a new trade deal

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(Image:  China's President Xi Jinping, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, (back L to R) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump pose during the 'family photo' during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on 11th November 2017. AFP/Getty Images/Jorge Silva)

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