Top ministers from Pacific Rim discuss free trade area, terrorism
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SANTIAGO, Chile Talks on free trade and global security are under way in Chile at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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Top ministers from 21 economies ringing the Pacific Ocean gathered in Chile to convene high-level talks on free trade and global security as university students clashed with police to protest the summit and weekend visit of US President George W. Bush.
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Southeast Asian ministers have wrapped up preparations for ASEAN&#39;s 10th summit, which starts Monday. Free trade and expanding ties with Asian neighbors China and India are high on the agenda.
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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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Ministers from 21 member economies of the Asian-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum ended their two-day meeting on Thursday with a joint statement pledging more efforts to facilitate trade, security, sustainable development and macroeconomic
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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has shown again its power as the primary economic forum in the Pacific Rim, as 21 top leaders from its member economies
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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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Thirtynine leaders from Asia and Europe yesterday began informal talks on issues on trade, security threats and terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
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SANTIAGO  - Leaders of the Asia-Pacific axis promised a hard crackdown on terror and united against North Korean nuclear weapons program at a summit in Chile, but they ducked a radical new plan for region-wide free trade.
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Buenos Aires (VNA) - Ministers from the 21 economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum met on Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare the agenda for the 12th APEC summit scheduled in Santiago, Chile on Nov. 20-21.
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Counter-terrorism and trans-national crime will top the agenda at this week's Southwest Pacific Dialogue meeting in Adelaide, New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff said.
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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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WASHINGTON - The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices...
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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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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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The leaders of the United States, Japan and Australia held landmark security talks Saturday, after moving to allay China&#39;s fears that the alliance is aimed at containing the regional superpower.
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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.