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Apec trade meet ends without joint statement

Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit speaks at the opening ceremony of Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec 2022) in Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)

A meeting of trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific region ended Sunday without issuing a joint statement due to differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Japanese minister said.

Japan’s trade minister Koichi Hagiuda said the outcome of the two-day meeting in Bangkok, which focused on how to promote economic growth in a post-Covid-19 world, should be reflected in a chairman’s statement.

“There were big differences when coordinating the wording over Russia among the member economies,”…

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