APEC Trade Ministers On Securing Economic Growth

APEC Trade Ministers Issue Statements On Concluding DOHA And Securing Economic Growth

Sapporo, Japan, 6 June 2010 – In a Statement issued today, at the close of two-day talks, APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade address:

• The state of the global economy
• Members’ progress in achieving APEC’s Bogor Goals of free and open trade
• Advancing regional economic integration, including exploring possible pathways to a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific
• Formulating a growth strategy for the region that achieves balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth
• Promoting human security to ensure resilient and secure economies

The Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade, Statement of the Chair (Sapporo, Japan, 5 – 6 June 2010) may be accessed at: www.apec.org/apec/ministerial_statements/sectoral_ministerial/trade/2010_trade.html

The Ministers have also issued a separate Statement extending APEC’s standstill on protectionism until 2011, and expressing members’ commitment to the multilateral trading system and their determination to bring the Doha Development Agenda to a successful conclusion.

The Statement on Supporting the Multilateral Trading System and Resisting Protectionism (Sapporo, Japan, 5 – 6 June 2010) may be accessed at:
www.apec.org/apec/ministerial_statements/sectoral_ministerial/trade/2010_trade/2010_mrt_standalone.html

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