APEC&#39;s importance never greater
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The theme of the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) leaders&#39; meeting - &quot;One Community, Our Future&quot; - is a reflection of the members&#39; strong will to promote regional economic dynamism and a sense of unity.
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MAXINE McKEW: The ink&#39;s barely dry on Australia&#39;s free trade agreement with the United States - and now there&#39;s talk of a similar deal to cover the entire Asia Pacific.
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WASHINGTONâFifteen years after its birth, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is increasingly dogged by an uncomfortable question: Is it any use?
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Development of the Asian-Pacific region needs efforts not only from the governments but also from private sector and international financial organizations, a senior Peruvian official sai d here Sunday.
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This year's U.S. presidential election has special significance for East Asia. A Pacific Ocean diminished in size by technology has linked East Asia's economic future with America's. Any slowdown in the U.S. spells problems for Asia. Although intra-East Asian trade has grown by double digits yearly since the 1990s, the end destination for about 25% of the region's manufactured products is still the U.S. Asia needs a U.S. Administration that supports free trade and is able to restrain domestic pressures to protect American jobs by restricting outsourcing.
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The 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum in Chile this week has a thematic agenda that could detour into security and world peace issues, especially with newly reelected US President George W. Bush asserting his global leadership role.
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The 12th Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) leaders&#39; meeting will be held in Santiago, Chile from November 20 to 21, with the theme &quot;our community, our future.
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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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PRIME Minister John Howard joined world leaders from across Asia and the Pacific today for the 12th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders&#39; meeting.
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Where the frenetic pace of technological change is concerned Asia's general dominance in the race to provide the next must-have gadget seems only too apparent to many a European.
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Analysis: Rather than help the U.S., the APEC summit showed how Pyongyang has driven a wedge between Washington and its usual ally, South Korea
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Greeted by raucous protests on his arrival for the APEC summit in Santiago, Chile, Prime Minister Paul Martin called such demonstrations &quot;essential&quot; to democracy.
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Hong Kong has made no secret that closer integration with the booming exchanges of Shanghai and Shenzhen are vital to its future as a financial center.
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The United States is the richest nation on Earth, the world&#39;s biggest beneficiary of the global economy. But will it last? Not that long ago, the ``global economy&#39;&#39; meant that routine factory jobs were going overseas.
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VIENTIANE: New Zealand&#39;s historic invitation to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) summit will deliver more than trade negotiations, Prime Minister Helen Clark said today.
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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit has shown again its power as the primary economic forum for the Pacific Rim, with 21 top leaders from its member economies voicing strong support for the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO
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TALKS on a free trade agreement with China will begin in March, opening a porthole to the world&#39;s biggest market. An Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement, potentially worth more than $190 billion, also looks more likely than ever before.