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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (4th L) during a meeting between APEC economic leaders and leaders of Pacific island states at the 2018 APEC Summit in Port Moresby.

At a Peculiar Summit in Papua New Guinea, America Is Still the Odd One Out

APEC delegates attack Donald Trump's trade war and protectionist policies

NOV 10 2017 - US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a family photo ceremony at the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Da Nang, Vietnam on November 10, 2017.

Here's What Happened the Last Time Trump Met Putin

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold their first official summit toget...

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold their first official summit together on July 16. But the pair have met before while the real estate magnate has been U.S. President. In November, Trump and the...

US President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on November 10, 2017.

Trump's APEC Speech Holds Few Answers For Regional Allies

Trump offered few concrete answers to partners looking to Washington to cou...

Trump offered few concrete answers to partners looking to Washington to counter Beijing's growing ambitions

US President Donald Trump (C), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in leave after posing for photos before attending the Northeast Asia Security Dinner at the US Consulate General Hamburg on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 6, 2017.

Everything You Need to Know About President Trump’s Grueling Asia Tour

What he wants, what Asia wants, and what's going to happen

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, wearing a traditional Balinese woven fabric called an endek, arrives at a gala for the leaders at the APEC Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Oct. 7, 2013.

See World Leaders Wearing Local Attire at Past APEC Summits

From Peruvian ponchos to Chinese silk coats

Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan, right, tries to shake hands with U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner as then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton passes through during the US-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue in Beijing on May 24, 2010.

See 8 of the Most Awkward Handshakes Between World Leaders

Whoever said diplomacy was easy?

Nov. 14, 2014. A young Hong Kong couple wear gas masks as they pose for a wedding photographer prior to their marriage next to the tents used by pro-democracy demonstrators at the Admiralty protest site on in Hong Kong,

Pictures of the Week: Nov. 7 - Nov. 14

From Putin's "coatgate" moment with China's first lady and the funerals of ...

From Putin's "coatgate" moment with China's first lady and the funerals of Kurdish fighters killed in clashes with ISIS, to One World Trade Center's 69th floor rescue and Brad Pitt's selfie, TIME presents the best...