More open trading system will benefit all: PM Lee

Antalya, Turkey

THERE is no future in trying to shut out the world with protectionist measures, especially since a more open trading system will lift growth and benefit all peoples, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told the world's most powerful leaders on Monday, the final day of the Group of 20 (G20) Summit in this Turkish city.

He said: "We talk about free trade at every leaders' conference and inevitably, we exhort one another to uphold the free-trade ideals and open up our economies.