APEC Ministers Urge New Effort on Trade Talks
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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.
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Pacific Rim trading nations said on Wednesday they should pool their influence to breathe new life into talks to free up world trade.
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Japan and the Philippines launched a fourth round of talks toward signing a free trade agreement Monday in Tokyo&#39;s latest efforts to reduce economic barriers with its Asian neighbors.
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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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Top government ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations are discussing problems facing the world today which ranged from war on terrorism to a creatin a free-trade area between Pacific nations.
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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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Pacific Rim leaders are expected to give a strong push to global trade talks and pledge to guard their economies from terror threats when they gather for their annual
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Economic ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) finally agreed to beef up their commitment to push ahead the program of
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Pacific Rim leaders pledged yesterday to shore up global security and push ahead with the World Trade Organization's negotiations on lowering global trade barriers.
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A meeting of top level officials from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) began here Sunday to finalize agreements on trade, anti-corruption, sustainable development and security.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - 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.
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Foreign ministers from the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet here Wednesday hoping to move towards a free trade deal between the regions.
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Pacific Rim finance ministers called on   Friday for some emerging Asian economies to show greater   currency flexibility to address global imbalances and for the   group to work toward reviving world trade talks.
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Counter-terrorism and trade are expected to dominate discussion as ministers from 21 Asian-Pacific nations meet in Chile on Wednesday.
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Asia-Pacific leaders called for a speedy resolution to stalled global trade talks on Sunday, pledging flexibility and ambition to get the outline of a deal by year's end.
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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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Trade ministers from a key group   of developing nations pressed the United States and the   European Union on Saturday for more concessions to help break   deadlocked global trade talks.