video transcript

Leaders posed for a family photo on Sunday (September 9), the second and last day of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit which Russia is hosting for the first time in the Pacific port of Vladivostok. APEC, which includes the United States, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and Canada, groups countries which account for 40 percent of the world's population, 54 percent of its economic output and 44 percent of trade. APEC members are broadly showing relatively strong growth, but boosting trade and growth is vital for the group as it tries to remove the trade barriers that hinder investment. Discussions at the APEC summit focused on food security and trade liberalisation.