New Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at the second informal meeting of the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand: "We must continue to cooperate to keep trade and investment open. This isAPEC's core goal. At this time, Thailand took the lead in launching a new round of the Asia -Pacific Free Trade Zone dialogue. "

Globalization and economic cooperation has long brought benefits to the Asia -Pacific region. Although it is necessary to consider and coordinate some reasonable concerns, such as national security and toughness, the economy must be prosperous and the concept of maintaining trade openness and cooperation is still important.

New Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, on Saturday (November 19) at the second informal meeting of the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, put forward the above views.

He said: "We must continue to cooperate to keep trade and investment open, which is the core goal of APEC. At this time, Thailand takes the lead in launching a new round of conversation between the Asia -Pacific Free Trade Zone (FTAAP).

"Because even in this more complicated world, we still need a powerful, ruled -based trading system."

He pointed out that even the economies of inconsistent opinions, as well as an economy that interfere with the market to promote industrial policies and cultivate the country's leading enterprises (NATIONAL Champions), will also be under a good multilateral framework, not inA disorderly and weak meat -strong jungle law benefits.

APEC first proposed the concept of the Asia -Pacific Free Trade Zone in 2006, the goal is to cancel tariffs between members and other trade barriers.As the host of the current APEC summit, Thailand is committed to promoting the progress of this agenda.

When Li Xianlong accepted the Singapore media interview after the meeting, the APEC environment established in 1989. At that time, countries pursuing globalization, eliminating obstacles, and closer cooperation, so APEC came into being.The situation has changed completely.

The United States, China, and Russia are members of APEC, which means that global contradictions involving these countries have internalized into the organization.In view of this, Li Xianlong believes that to reach a free trade framework in the Asia -Pacific region, the goal is still far away.

But he pointed out that even if all parties now attach more importance to national security and their own toughness, they must ensure that they do not depend on a certain party before launching cooperation.The steps are difficult.Therefore, all parties need to cooperate to develop a set of transparent rules.

Before reaching a consensus on the new rules, Li Xianlong: must abide by the existing rules

Li Xianlong said: "We must update the existing rules, but before everyone reaches a consensus on the new rules, we must comply with the existing rules, otherwise it will become the rule of jungle."

He believes that APEC is one of the platforms that keep each economy to maintain dialogue and solve problems.

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APEC Economy issued a declaration of leaders on Saturday, promising to maintain and further strengthen the rules -based multilateral trading system based on the World Trade Organization (WTO) as its core.

21 APEC leaders said in the declaration: "We will cooperate in the WTO to continue to support the necessary transformation to enhance all its functions and ensure that the organization can better cope with existing and emerging global trade challenges."

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Declaration also welcomes the progress of the agenda of the Asia -Pacific Free Trade Area. Leaders will promote high -quality and comprehensive regional work through the existing basis to promote high -quality and comprehensive regional work through the Asia -Pacific Free Trade Zone AD Plan.

In addition, the "Bangkok Target" by Thailand has also been recognized by APEC leaders.They support the "Bio-Circular-Green Economy Model", that is, in these three fields, they use knowledge, technology and innovation to develop the economy in the most cost-effective and sustainable way.

This year's APEC summit ended on Saturday.The summit next year will be sponsored by the United States. The host countries in 2024 and 2025 are Peru and South Korea, respectively.