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LIMA, Peru -- President George W. Bush, attending his final global summit at a time of severe financial crisis, urged other countries on Saturday not to repeat mistakes that turned a similar calamity seven decades ago into the Great Depression.
By FRANK BAJAK LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper used his speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum to argue that a freer trading system is the best way to restore world economic prosperity.
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Colombia's government, unable to attain a free-trade agreement with the U.S., signed a bilateral investment treaty with China, granting most favored nation status to each other's companies.
Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there: U.S.
Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there.
President George W. Bush says he understands that countries across the globe are being hurt by the financial crisis, but urged world leaders not to abandon free trade.
Leaders from 21 nations that account for half the world’s economy pledged Saturday not to implement protectionist measures for the next 12 months — no matter how punishing the global downturn gets.
Leaders at APEC pledged not to implement protectionist measures for a year.
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Leaders from 21 nations that account for half the world's economy are pledging not to implement any protectionist measures for the next 12 months, no matter how punishing the global downturn gets.
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