SAPPORO, June 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Senior officials from Pacific Rim economies assembled in Hokkaido on Thursday to make last-minute efforts to gear up for the upcoming APEC trade ministers' meeting that will focus on their past efforts and future direction toward freer trade and investment. In the weekend ministerial meeting, Japan, as chair of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, hopes to affirm with others that certain progress has been made among developed members to attain the goals of free trade and investment, set 16 years ago. Besides looking at the past, the ministers are expected to exchange...
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