APEC ambassador lays out U.S. priorities for November summit

Matt Matthews, the U.S. Ambassador for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, on Thursday outlined the Trump administration's priorities for the 2017 APEC summit, which will take place during President Trump's Asia tour in November, insisting the U.S. remains highly engaged in the region despite its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. “Since the United States withdrawal from TPP, I think we've made it quite clear we are proactively engaged in APEC just the same, all aspects of APEC's work plan,” Matthews said at...