BEIJING - There's no need to worry that an expected launch of work on a free trade zone would complicate the trade terrain in the Asia-Pacific. Instead, it would raise hopes for a solution of the ...

BEIJING - As Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Switzerland for an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, the China-backed Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) is in the limelight ...

The 2014 APEC Summit in Beijing initiated the process toward an eventual realization of the Free Trade Agreement in Asia and Pacific (FTAAP). Summit leaders adopted the “Beijing Roadmap” to reach that ...

The Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) was brought under the spotlight again this week, as delegates from 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies gathered here in Vietnam's Da ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he sees momentum building for a Washington-backed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, after arriving in Beijing on the first leg of ...

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (second left), Canada's Trade Minister Ed Fast (center), US President Barack Obama (second right) and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto (back right) take part ...

The 2014 APEC leaders’ summit witnessed a string of successes in Chinese trade diplomacy. Key among these successes was the endorsement of China’s signature trade initiative as APEC host: the ...

In hosting APEC 2022, Thailand has acknowledged that the most pertinent matter for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is its transition to the post-COVID-19 era, in particular, reigniting trade and ...

APEC member economies are considering innovative and improved approaches to revitalize the Free-Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) as a major instrument to further APEC’s regional economic ...

HONG KONG, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Despite a lackluster global economic recovery, the Asia-Pacific region has remained as the world's most economically dynamic region and the main engine of global growth, ...