APEC focuses on saving trade talks
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Saving world trade talks and bolstering   global financial systems against fiscal crises were the focus   of finance ministers of the United States, China and other   Pacific Rim economies meeting in Vietnam on Thursday.
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PRIME Minister John Howard said yesterday he would use the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation leaders meeting in Chile to encourage further liberalisation of global trade.
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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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SINGAPORE Southeast Asian trade ministers moved ahead over the weekend with plans to fuse their region into a European-style community hefty enough to compete with China and India, setting timetables for free-trade talks with Japan, South Korea, Australia
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Southeast Asian economic ministers began talks to discuss ways to speed up economic integration and free trade in an effort to move closer to establishing a regional economic community.
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Pacific rim trade ministers  pushed for a revival of stalled world trade talks on Friday,  but committed themselves to work towards setting up their own  trade bloc if a global deal fails.
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VIENTIANE  - The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations are holding summit talks to speed up economic integration and forge an economic bloc capable of standing up to rising competitors such as India and China.
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With fears of a global recession growing, trade ministers met in the Swiss Alps on Saturday to see if they could advance long-stalled global commerce talks and provide a boost to a troubled world economy.
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Global finance chiefs sought a way on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a message to soothe turbulent financial markets.
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Global finance chiefs sought a way  on Friday to put pressure on China to let its currency rise in  value to ease global trade imbalances and also aimed to craft a  message to soothe turbulent financial markets.
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China will loom large over an Asia-Pacific summit in Chile, with the United States hoping that Beijing will loosen a fixed yuan-dollar link and cool, but not freeze, its red-hot economy.
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Japan and the Philippines have agreed on key parts of a free trade pact but need a few more months to put finishing touches on the landmark accord between the World War II foes, officials said Tuesday.
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PRIME Minister John Howard will have a series of bilateral meetings with regional leaders as Asia-Pacific nations gather for a key economic forum.
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Economic ministers from a 10-member group of Southeast Asian countries on Sunday agreed to begin negotiating a free-trade deal early next year with Australia and New Zealand.
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US and South Korean negotiators have resolved some minor differences as they prepare to wrap up free trade talks ahead of a looming end-month deadline, officials said Monday.
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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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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.