APEC leaders tackle trade at Sydney summit
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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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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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U.S. President George W. Bush and Australia's Prime Minister John Howard met beside Sydney Harbour on Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new defense deal ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders' summit.
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In this edition of Perspective, we&#39;ll take a look at some of the issues at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC Summit in Chile.
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SYDNEY - The much anticipated Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Sydney limped to a close yesterday, with a heavily compromised agreement on tackling climate change, few answers on how to push the global trade agenda forward, and a huge security operation that ended up a laughingstock.
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Prime Minister John Howard says the APEC meeting in Chile was a great success and will increase momentum towards trade liberalisation across the globe.
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PETER CAVE: Australia has been looking forward to coming away from an unprecedented summit of regional leaders with an agreement on a free trade deal between Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN nations.
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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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Ministers and officials from the 21 Asia and Pacific Rim economies continue their work in Santiago, Chile, in preparation for the two-day summit of leaders from APEC - the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
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President George W. Bush and Australia&#39;s  Prime Minister John Howard meet beside Sydney Harbour on  Wednesday to discuss progress in Iraq and a new defense deal  ahead of an Asia-Pacific leaders&#39; summit.
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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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Australia&#39;s trade minister will urge Pacific rim leaders to drive forward efforts to free up global trade when he attends the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial forum in Chile this week, he said in a statement Wednesday.
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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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Asia-Pacific leaders meet in Australia to discuss how to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of extremists.
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Leaders of the 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) countries Sunday concluded the 12th Apec Summit in Santiago by issuing a declaration that deals largely with trade and security.
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Asian leaders, buoyed by their region's rapidly increasing economic and political clout, tackled issues ranging from trade to global warming with their European counterparts at a Helsinki summit.
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Prime Minister John Howard will meet with US President George W Bush this weekend at the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Chile.