GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are to set to wrap up their annual economic forum on Saturday after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on a temporary truce on their trade war, generating relief around the world.

This year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the South Korean city of Gyeongju was heavily overshadowed by Thursday’s Trump-Xi meeting that ended with the two leaders dialing back their earlier steps and de-escalating their trade tensions.

The high-stakes meeting was arranged on the sidelines of the APEC summit. Trump, known for his dismissal of multilateralism, quickly left South Korea after reaching deals with Xi, allowing the Chinese president to steal the limelight at the summit.

During the APE

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