ILEA000672008: APEC trade ministers start talks with focus on WTO

U.S.-SAN FRANCISCO-APEC-FINANCE MINISTER-MEETING-PRESS CONFERENCE

(231115) -- SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at a press conference after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers' Meeting in San Francisco Nov. 13, 2023. Janet Yellen said on Monday that the recent U.S.-China engagements have moved the two sides "along the right path." (Xinhua/Li Rui)

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APEC trade ministers meet at "time of shared uncertainty"

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China's contribution to Asia-Pacific growth substantial: observers

STORY: China's contribution to Asia-Pacific growth substantial: observers DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, International relations lecturer, United States International University (USIU-Africa) 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of China-Brazil Center for Research and Business in Brazil 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WICHAI KINCHONG CHOI, Senior vice president, Kasikornbank of Thailand STORYLINE: Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies have met in Thailand to discuss ways to promote sustainable development and facilitate trade and investment. At the meeting, China stressed the need to follow the spirit of the Asia-Pacific family, look after one another like passengers in the same boat, and steadily move toward an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. Observers have spoken highly of China's role in the APEC discussions. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, Internatio

China adopts productive stance to promote integration in Asia-Pacific: Turkish scholar

STORY: China adopts productive stance to promote integration in Asia-Pacific: Turkish scholar DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies 3. various of APEC forum in Thailand 4. various of economic activities in China STORYLINE: Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies met in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday to discuss ways to promote sustainable development and facilitate trade and investment. A Turkish scholar spoke positively of the APEC's role in trade facilitation and economic cooperation. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SELCUK COLAKOGLU, Director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies "APEC itself is a representative of economic globalization. In that regard, there is a unification of the glob

APEC trade ministers start talks with focus on WTO

CHEJU, South Korea - Hachiro Okonogi (L), senior vice minister at the Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry, attends a two-day trade ministers' meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum on Cheju Island, South Korea, on June 2. (Kyodo)

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