Strike cripples Bangladesh
At least 10,000 policemen were on the streets of
the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka to boost security Sunday as a
nationwide strike called by the main opposition party brought the
country to a standstill.
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APEC aims Pacific trade treaty
APEC leaders agreed Sunday to transform their
hopes to build a trans-Pacific trade treaty into a more solid vision
and said they would take steps to make that happen. “We have agreed
that now is the time for APEC to translate FTAAP from an
aspirational to a more concrete vision,” the Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) leaders said in a statement. The 21-member APEC’s
grand plan is for a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) that
would link economies from China to Chile and the United States, but
it has until now remained an undefined and long-term goal.
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