The annual summits, which finished last month, started with the G20 and lead to the APEC Summit. The details are following the Cannes Summit (3-4 November), Asian leaders participated in series of summits; APEC in Honolulu (12-13 November), the ASEAN summit (17-19 November) and the East Asian Summit (EAS) (19 November). The prominent feature of the Asia Pacific meetings was the return of the US, as host at APEC, where President Obama re-launched the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, targeting a 12-month completion date; and as one of the newest members of the EAS, which some see as the forum most likely to link regional and global strategic issues carry out macroeconomic re-balancing, discussions among ASEAN +3 governments should take place in the multilateral Chiang Mai Initiative located in Thailand. The ultimate goal agreed to by all countries is to bring about a "Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific" (FTAAP) by 2020. There were no divergent views among the countries.
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