Roadmap to set up Asia-Pac free trade zone to be launched
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CHINESE President Xi Jinping, in closing this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit as its chairman on Tuesday, announced an agreement to launch a roadmap for the setting up of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).
He called the blueprint a "historic" step which reflected the "confidence and commitment of Apec members in promoting the integration of the regional economy".
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