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Apec must set sights on free trade area

BY STRAITS TIMES – APEC has overcome many hurdles in its 20 years of existence, but it should now set its sights on forging a free trade area comprising almost half the world's trade. That call by Foreign Minister George Yeo came yesterday at a symposium to mark the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum's 20th anniversary. The timeframe he had in mind was around two years.