SINGAPORE - Depending on the media outlets people read or watch, they get different impressions of the significance of the signing of the world's largest trade pact on Nov 15.
A New York Times report was headlined "China-led trade pact is signed, in challenge to US", while China nationalist tabloid Global Times ran an opinion piece titled "RCEP will end US hegemony in West Pacific".
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