APEC leaders make pledge on free-trade
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AFP) – Pacific Rim leaders including the US and China pledged Sunday to turn their dreams of a vast free-trade zone embracing more than half the world's economic output into reality. The 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum resolved to resist the forces of protectionism as the world recovers from a painful downturn, and to work together to regain the growth momentum. “We remain committed to maintaining open markets and fighting protectionism. We reaffirm our common resolve to support the recovery in a collaborative and coordinated way,” they said in a statement. APEC's grand plan is for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP)…
Follow this link:
APEC leaders make pledge on free-trade
Posted by
on November 14, 2010. Filed under
News.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the
RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry