"President Sebastián Piñera of Chile said on Wednesday that his country, which has been rocked by a wave of recent protests, would back out of hosting two important international events: a United Nations climate change meeting and a major Asia-Pacific trade summit later this year.
Chile’s abrupt withdrawal as a host upended plans for an expected meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China, who had both been scheduled to attend the trade summit in mid-November. Mr. Trump and his advisers had indicated they intended to sign a preliminary trade deal at the summit.
Chile’s cancellation also left the United Nations scrambling to organize the next round of climate negotiations, which had been planned for early December."
Ernesto Londoño and Somini Sengupta report for the New York Times October 30, 2019.
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