APEC Ministers Urge New Effort on Trade Talks
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Pacific Rim trading nations said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to energize talks to free up world trade. As trade and foreign ministers from the 21-member Asia-Pacific
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Ministers representing 21 Pacific Rim economies pledged Thursday to push hard for concluding a global trade treaty that would slash agricultural subsidies and lower tariff barriers in a bid to boost the global economy.
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Pacific Rim leaders pledged Sunday to shore up global security and push ahead with the World Trade Organization's negotiations on lowering global trade barriers.
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The Philippine government urges the country's senate to ratify a $4bn trade and jobs deal with Japan.
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Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific states in the Apec grouping have ended a summit in Chile with a call for action to lower global trade barriers.
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By Jason Webb SANTIAGO, Chile  - Asia-Pacific leaders promisedon Sunday to try to revive world trade talks and fightterrorism after a summit marred at the end by spats over thesecurity of President Bush.
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By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile  - Pacific Rim trading nationsagreed they should work harder to control the production andtrade of shoulder-launched missiles to keep them out of thewrong hands, foreign and trade ministers meeting in Chile saidin a resolution on Thursday.
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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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With lawmakers nipping at his heels over U.S. trade deficits, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will try to persuade key Asian nations during a visit this week that they must act quickly to help tamp down protectionist pressures.
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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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Leaders of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Sunday urged a speedy resolution to the stalled Doha round of world trade talks.
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The 18-nation Cairns Group of   agricultural exporting nations on Friday urged major powers to   resume world trade talks by November, saying there was too much   at stake for farmers for negotiations to fail.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Pacific Rim trading nations  agreed they should work harder to control the production and  trade of shoulder-launched missiles to keep them out of the  wrong hands, foreign and trade ministers meeting in Chile said  in a resolution on Thursday.
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Asia-Pacific leaders will face challenges posed by a wave of bilateral free trade agreements when they meet for their summit in Chile Saturday.
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President Megawati Soekarnoputri urged ASEAN economic ministers gathering here for a key annual meeting to formulate ways of accelerating the integration of the region&#39;s economies.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Ministers from developing  and wealthy industrialized states agreed on Saturday to  intensify the political firepower devoted to modernizing global  trade rules, saying there was much to do but little time.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Pacific Rim trading nations  said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to breathe  new life into talks to free up world trade.