Trade
APEC Trade Ministers Agree Statement Without Mentioning Tariffs
The Taicang Port Area International Container Terminal in Suzhou, China.
Photographer: Costfoto/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesSupply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here.
Trade chiefs from some of the world’s biggest economies including the US and China agreed to focus on reforming global trade rules, after reaching an unexpected agreement by ignoring one of their biggest points of difference: tariffs.