SINGAPORE -- Leaders from across the Pacific Rim on Friday vowed to promote free trade and regional economic integration to drive the recovery from COVID-19, against a backdrop of simmering U.S.-China tensions.
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A containership at a port in a Shenzhen free trade zone: APEC's joint statement called trade a "pillar for the development and future prosperity of all our people." © Reuters
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