Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) leads his delegation in talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon (2L) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 14, 2009. Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum representing more than half the global economy opened annual talks. At meetings heading into the two-day summit, leaders including Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that resurgent trade protectionism risked choking off a nascent recovery after the world's worst financial crisis in decades. The APEC heads of government, who lead a total of 2.6 billion people stretching from the United States to impoverished Papua New Guinea, were expected to call on their officials to explore a Pacific-wide free trade area. Getty Images logo Getty Images 27 months ago

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) leads his delegation in talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon (2L) during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore on November 14, 2009. Leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum representing more than half the global economy opened annual talks. At meetings heading into the two-day summit, leaders including Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that resurgent trade protectionism risked choking off a nascent recovery after the world's worst financial crisis in decades. The APEC heads of government, who lead a total of 2.6 billion people stretching from the United States to impoverished Papua New Guinea, were expected to call on their officials to explore a Pacific-wide free trade area.

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