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APEC marks 20th birthday but no free trade yet

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Unfazed, some APEC members are now talking about turning the group, which marks its 20th anniversary this year, into the world's largest free-trade area - one that is home to about 40 percent of the world's population across four continents and... Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat

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