APEC remains a key stage on which a Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting can occur. A bilateral feast amidst the multilateral gala has always been its great strength.
As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in San Francisco next week, his travel plans could come in for more criticism.
Yet his predecessors, going back to Gough Whitlam, and even Robert Menzies, all had similar charges levelled at them.
