[2] Australia provided a quarter to a third of the cost [citation needed] to host the meetings and also helped with logistics and security (G4S).

[7][8] According to Reuters, "the leaders failed to agree on a communique at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Sunday for the first time in their history as deep divisions between the United States and China over trade and investment stymied cooperation.

"[10] O'Neill said that the talks broke down over language about the World Trade Organization[11] while Reuters reported that the cause for the impasse was disagreement on portions of the draft communique relating to the WTO which mentioned opposing "unfair trade practices" and reforming the WTO, while another concerned sustainable development.

[12] The Papua New Guinea Government passed special legislation which gave unprecedented powers to foreign forces and security personnel to protect visiting leaders.

[14] Other nations to provide security support to the summit included New Zealand, the United States, China, Canada, Japan and Indonesia.