Increasing friction between the two superpowers of the 21st century, the United States and its nascent rival China, is coincidentally occurring in Australia’s backyard, so it was no surprise that deep divisions between the two countries came to the fore at the recent APEC meeting in Port Moresby.
Neither country could agree on the final communiqué on trade, with China aggressively rejecting a proposal to overhaul the World Trade Organisation and hitting out at what it labelled un…
