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Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the country is open to signing more free-trade agreements with other nations, as Beijing seeks to boost its regional influence amid uncertainty about the new US administration. In a speech to the chief executives’ summit at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum on Thursday, Xi said China would not seek to “decouple†or to form small groups to exclude others, a veiled attack on the United States.“Openness enables a country to move forward, while seclusion holds it back,†he told the virtual meeting chaired by Malaysia.“China has been integrated with the world economy and...
