APEC meet focuses on global trade
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Pacific Rim leaders ended a two-day summit with pledges to push ahead with negotiations to lower global trade barriers, seen as impediments to the world&#39;s economic growth.
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U.S. President George W. Bush hopes  to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on  climate change at this week&#39;s Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq  debate at home looms as a distraction.
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Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations are expected to call on Sunday for a final conclusion to world trade talks that have dragged on for six years, ending a two-day summit dominated by climate change and trade.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers meet this weekend with counterparts from regional powerhouses China, Japan and South Korea in an effort to liberalize trade and boost business.
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Leaders of 21 Pacific Rim economies opened a two-day summit in Chile yesterday aimed at liberalizing trade and addressing global security concerns, with US President George
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PRIME Minister John Howard joined world leaders from across Asia and the Pacific today for the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders&#39; meeting.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers met  on Saturday with counterparts from powerhouses Japan and China,  and made progress toward liberalizing trade and boosting  business, officials said.
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Southeast Asian trade ministers meeting in Jakarta proposed starting free-trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand next year to boost exports and investment in the region.
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The US calls on leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group to help revive talks on a global trade deal.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers met on Saturday with counterparts from powerhouses Japan and China, and made progress toward liberalizing trade and boosting business, officials said.
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Counter-terrorism and trade will dominate discussions as 21 Asian-Pacific nations meet in Chile.
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The 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit ended here yesterday with leaders voicing strong support for World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations aimed at liberalizing trade and pledging to shore up global
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VIENTIANE, Laos Southeast Asian and Chinese officials put the final touches Friday on agreements for next week&#39;s regional summit meeting to create a free-trade area covering nearly two billion people by 2010.
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As the two sides prepare for an economic summit, the focus is on what to do about China's persistent trade surplus
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The theme of the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) leaders&#39; meeting - &quot;One Community, Our Future&quot; - is a reflection of the members&#39; strong will to promote regional economic dynamism and a sense of unity.
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Asia-Pacific leaders, closing their summit, are expected to call for a rapid conclusion to stalled global trade talks.
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Asia-Pacific leaders promised on Sunday to try to revive world trade talks and fight terrorism after a summit marred at the end by spats over the security of President Bush.