SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- Ministers from Asia's leading economies met here to renew their pursuit of a sweeping regional trade deal as an easing of tensions between the U.S. and China gives momentum to multilateral negotiations.
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Workers pack pineapples in China's Hainan Province. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership covers 16 countries, including Asia's three largest economies. © Reuters
SIEM REAP, Cambodia -- Ministers from Asia's leading economies met here to renew their pursuit of a sweeping regional trade deal as an easing of tensions between the U.S. and China gives momentum to multilateral negotiations.