APEC: Japan's Suga vows to push for bigger trade pacts after RCEP

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's video message to the APEC CEO Dialogues is shown on a screen in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 20. © Malaysia Information Department via Reuters

AKANE OKUTSU and JAMES HAND-CUKIERMAN, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called for a broader Asia-Pacific free trade framework on Friday, in a video message to Malaysia's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit ahead of a virtual leaders meeting later in the day.

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