(2011-11-09) The leaders of the 21 regional economies "do see freer trade flows as critical to growth and jobs," said Charles Morrison, president of the East-West Center, a think tank in Honolulu.
"The main contribution APEC can make in the short-run is to restore the feeling that the leaders, ministers and central bankers of the major economies are indeed working closely together," he said.
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