MANILA, Philippines — Canada and the Philippines, both vocal critics of China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea, have concluded talks for a key defense pact ...

Papua New Guinea is a near-neighbor of the Solomon Islands where the government sent shock waves through the Pacific last year by striking a security pact with China. The pact raised fears of a ...

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted China’s application to join the free trade agreement in a letter to New Zealand’s trade ... the United States from the pact in 2017.

Cook Islands PM Survives No-Confidence Vote Over China Pact By Christine Chen (Reuters ... struck with China that strained relations with New Zealand. Members of parliament voted 13-9 to ...