WORLD ECONOMY

摘要

Leaders of the Pacific Rim economies that have spearheaded the still-fragile global recovery agreed on Sunday to work toward building a regionwide free trade zone they say is the lynchpin for sustainable growth. From tiny Brunei to rising powerhouse China, the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum unanimously pledged to avoid raising more trade barriers and to roll back those they may have erected in the midst of crisis.