SANTIAGO—Chile has withdrawn as host of the APEC trade summit in November and the COP25 climate summit in December after several weeks of violent unrest, President Sebastian Pinera announced on Oct. 30.
The APEC summit was scheduled to bring together 20 world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, over Nov. 16-17. The COP25 program was due to run between Dec. 2 and Dec. 13.
