A Chile Reception

“President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China had been scheduled to attend the trade meeting, which was seen as an opportunity for them to settle a monthslong fight over tariffs that has rippled across the global economy.” NYT: Chile, Rocked by Unrest, Withdraws From Hosting Climate and Trade Summits.

+ The cancelation of two international summits is a huge disappointment for Chile’s leaders whose efforts “have not been enough to defuse the protests, which are driven by deep-rooted disillusionment over inequality that has left millions of citizens frozen out of Chile’s economic rise.” From The Guardian, here are seven protesters explaining what they’re fighting for. (The complaints will sound familiar to those in many other places around the world.)