Full coverage: Xi Visits Ecuador, Peru and Chile, Attends APEC Summit

For more insights about the APEC Leaders' meeting, we are joined by Francis Tan, a senior economist at United Overseas Bank.

1. There may be consensus about working towards an FTAAP -- which is great for trade dependent countries such as Australia and Singapore. But how do some of the other economies sell it to their people--and calm fears that their livelihoods won't be hurt?

2. Does this mean that the RCEP would be subsumed under it?

3. How much support would the FTAAP get from the US -- which had advocated for the TPP?