Sunday, 13 November 2011

VOA News - Obama to Push Free Trade at APEC Summit, Nov 13, 2011

President Barack Obama speaks at a luau and entertainment portion of the leaders dinner at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 12, 2011.
"U.S. President Barack Obama formally opens a summit in Hawaii of Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday, one day after securing agreement on the outlines of a deal to create a huge Pacific Rim free trade zone.
Obama will hold talks with the leaders of 20 other nations that make up the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. A summit statement due late in the day is expected to praise the outline agreement and give voice to concerns that Europe's festering debt crisis could destabilize Asia-Pacific economies."

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