created by his administration. biden has been seeking to reassure apec nations about america s commitment to the region, despite beijing s efforts to expand its influence there. for more on this, we re joined live by our asia business correspondent, nick marsh. good to see you. what details do we have on what biden said? president biden basically said that the indo pacific economic framework isn t dead, but he didn t really offer much more than that and i think if you re being charitable, or harsh, i do know how you would categorise it, you would pretty much say he is putting a brave face on things, because no agreement has been reached, the latest stumbling blocks apparently were over trying to secure workers rights, environmental protections, and i think that really goes to the heart of the problems at this apec forum because for all of the progress we ve seen on the diplomatic front in the us china relationship for example, the mood music there has been undeniably positiv