PM Lee urges Asia-Pac nations to form region-wide free trade zone
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THE Asia-Pacific region has enjoyed a "milestone" year in terms of economic integration, and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wants all the region's economies to soldier on towards the longer-term goal of having a region-wide free trade zone.
Speaking on the second and final day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders meeting in Manila on Thursday, he hailed the many achievements by the grouping to boost trade liberalisation.
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