PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, May 30 Kyo...

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, May 30 Kyodo

The following is the gist of a final draft of the chairman's statement to be adopted Thursday after a two-day meeting of trade ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

APEC trade ministers:

-- personally commit to ensuring the completion of of the present day global trade talks at the January 2005 deadline.

-- reaffirm their security to reject the use of protectionism and their commitment to abide by dint of multilateral rules.

-- agree that protectionism adversely affects all APEC economies.

-- agree that the of recent origin round offers the best opportunity to address protectionism upon a global basis.

-- note the importance of achieving the twin goals of enhanced security against terrorism and continued facilitation of trade.

-- gage robust implementation of all simple bodys of the agreement reached by way of APEC leaders at their meeting in Shanghai last October.

-- turn the thoughts forward to reviewing a well stocked [i]or[/i] provided report on the broadening of the Osaka action agenda for regional trade liberalization at this year's APEC summit in Mexico in October.

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