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The TPP's economic impact

By Tracey Samuelson

May 19, 2016

Thousands of truck-sized 30-ton shipping containers are stacked aboard the Hanjin Oslo freighter in the Port of Los Angeles in 2002. — David McNew/Getty Images

The numbers are big. But also small. We explain.

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The stakes as Obama hosts an Asian summit

By Tracey Samuelson

February 15, 2016

The challenge for southern states is aligning political and economic goals.

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Free trade on the agenda for Obama's Asia trip

By Nova Safo

November 07, 2014

U.S. President Barack Obama. — (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be seen by many as a win.

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The biggest smartphone maker you've never heard of

By Kate Davidson

October 30, 2014

Xiaomi CEO Leijun speaks at the launch of the new Xiaomi smartphone and Xiaomi Tv in Beijing. — (Wang Zhao/Getty Images)

Xiaomi is outselling Samsung and Apple in China.

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President Obama travels east, still pledging a 'pivot'

By Mitchell Hartman

April 21, 2014

Dozens of Taiwanese fishing boats. — Mandy Cheng/AFP/GettyImages

The President will visit East Asia this week – stopping in Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea.

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Oil and gas will drive future control of the South China Sea

By Kai Ryssdal

March 25, 2014

A fisherman works in The South China Sea under the shadow of oil exploration facilities at Seria, September 7, 2004 in Brunei. — Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

A new book explores the possible disputes over who owns the South China Sea, and its oil reserves.

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In Asia, can Jack Lew succeed where others have failed?

By Shannon Mullen

November 12, 2013

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew shakes hands with Japanese Minister of Economic Revitalization Akira Amari prior to their talks at Amari's office in Tokyo on November 12, 2013. Lew met with Japanese officials, on the first leg of his Asian tour that will also take him to Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and China. — YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew plans to visit five countries in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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In Obama's absence, China takes center stage at APEC

By John Sudworth

October 08, 2013

Secretary of State John Kerry (top 2nd L) chats to Russian President Vladimir Putin (top L) as they gather with (front L to R) South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, China's President Xi Jinping, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto and Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bali on October 8, 2013. — DENNIS M. SABANGAN/AFP/Getty Images

All eyes are on China and its economy at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Bali.

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