Asia-Pacific ministers talk trade, protesters battle with police
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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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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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Lawmakers on Friday urged the U.S. and Chinese governments to follow two days of high-level talks on trade and economic concerns with concrete action.
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Trade ministers from the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed with New Zealand and Australia to recommend the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement.
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Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand converge today at the opening of
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Authorities in South Korea mobilised more than 50,000 riot police as protesters vowed to press ahead with a wave of demonstrations against a proposed free trade deal with the United States.
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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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Hopes for an Asia Pacific-wide carbon emissions trading scheme were dashed Tuesday as APEC energy ministers met to discuss climate change and the region&#39;s booming power needs.
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Chilean police clashed for a second day with protesters against the upcoming APEC summit, and the weekend arrival of US President George W. Bush.
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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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The foreign ministers of India, China and Russia are to discuss terrorism, drug trafficking, and Afghanistan.
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Disturbances broke out in Hamburg on Monday at the tail end of a march to protest next week's G-8 summit and a meeting of EU and Asian foreign ministers, authorities said.
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Top ministers from 21 Pacific Rim nations convened high-level talks on free trade and global security Wednesday, while police battled university students protesting the summit and a weekend visit by President Bush.
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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.
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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.