APEC Trade Ministers Agree Statement Without Mentioning Tariffs

The Taicang Port Area International Container Terminal in Suzhou, China.

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Trade chiefs from some of the world’s biggest economies including the US and China agreed to focus on reforming global trade rules, after reaching an unexpected agreement by ignoring one of their biggest points of difference: tariffs.