where the asia pacific economic cooperation forum is currently going on it's going to be a two day summit today has been the first day so here the twenty one members of the operation have come together to discuss of course very similar recently twenty in seoul south korea state of the global economy and how. cooperate to get out of the countries find themselves in especially after the global financial crisis so on the table here is the fear and open trade and investment between countries so of course when you talk about free trade you're talking about lowering of barriers you're talking about a lot of pros and cons a lot of give and take between the countries the policy makers have come here to discuss those between between the countries and to make sure there's a lot more cooperation between let's just remember that. makes up more than half of the g.d.p. of the world during the national crisis of the first ones to get out of it or at least to not be hit as hard as the western countries have been are the countries from with this so they play a very very big. global economic landscape asid

. >>> ministers taking part in two of the asia pacific economic cooperation forum in yokohama will soon adopt an anti-protectionist stance in a joint statement to be released in the early afternoon. apec ministers are holding a plenary session, or a session where all members meet this morning. they are discussing how to promote free trade in the asia-pacific region to achieve further growth. they will soon release a joint statement. sources close to the ministers say the statement will warn that, well, the global economy is on a recovery track, rising protectionism is a concern. the ministers are expected to pledge to avoid trade barriers such as export restrictions until the year 2013. they hope to end curbs on resource and food exports, labeling such moves as protectionist. but the statement will most likely avoid naming specific countries. china has been criticized for restricting exports or rare earth metals in september. >>> in the leadup to the meeting we're taking a closer look at japan-u.s. relations. our business reporter ai uchida spoke with thomas clark, apec task force co-ch

concerns of their local electorate in mind and other issues concerning trade we know that asia pacific economic cooperation the members are very powerful in terms of their clout economically the makeup more than half of the g.d.p. of the world obama just gave a speech this morning and he says that age is really an important partner for the u.s. and other issues that they're talking about would be labor security they're talking about sharing of innovation and technology they're talking about protecting intellectual property all these are very important terms of trade and economic development in the u.s. and japan had already met and also the leaders of russia judge upin and china had signed an agreement to build a chemical plant and that has already been done. this morning for today and we had russia and japan having a sat down together this again comes on the back of the a g. twenty now the currency war is one of the issues that have been talked about and this still needs to be ironed out by the countries involved in the apec the forum so let's look at the package problem i call the good news and we from t

twenty summit in seoul jacka hammer for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit the business summit has already brought some deals among them signing of a contract during russia and china to construct a fertilizer plant in russia's tatarstan the first major facility in the region for the last twenty years and one of the world's largest of this type the project is worth one billion dollars and will involve china's chemical engineering corporation japan's a mix of the she heavy industries sojitz and russia's state owned a mali joint venture between the regional gas finance and the tatarstan government and the apec summit is seen as another attempt to settle global financial issues off the g twenty failed to agree how to boost the world economy. clearly there is a very ambitious agenda for trade liberalisation and the region and i think one of the important issues will be the degree to which countries follow and deliver on. the commitments that they have with respect to this. liberalization. another issue i think will be the issue of investments in the region. the possibility to. again

twenty summit in seoul joka home of the asia pacific economic cooperation summit the business summit has already brought some deals among them the signing of a contract between russia japan and china to construct a fertilise apology russia's tatarstan the first major facility in the region for the last twenty years and one of the world's largest at this type of project is worth one billion dollars and live volved china's national chemical engineering corporation. a little bitchy heavy in the streets of egypt and russia's state home i'm only the apec summit is seen as another attempt to settle global financial issues like pushing for free trade after the g. twenty failed to agree on how to boost the world economy. clearly there is a very ambitious agenda for trade liberalization in the region and i think one of the important issues will be the degree to which countries follow and deliver on the commitments that they have with respect to this liberalization. another issue i think will be the issue of investments in the region and the possibility to begin facilitate the flow of investme

the ministerial meeting of the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum opened on wednesday. >> translator: as a center of growth, the asia-pacific region has helped repair the damage caused by the financial crisis. but apec needs reforms to adjust to the structural shifts in the world economy. >> apec ministers are discussing ways to promote trade and achieve growth without damaging the environment. the focal point is to discuss protectionist moves including delays in china's rare earth shipments as such issues are becoming global concerns. the top leaders of the apec members will hold summit talks on saturday and sunday. regional economic integration and a common growth strategy are on the agenda. japan is hosting apec meetings for the first time in 15 years. attention is focused on how japan will take the initiative in leading the discussions and reaching an agreement. >>> the european union says it will not start free trade negotiations until japan does more to deregulate its mark. japan has asked the eu to hold talks on an economic partnership agreement. the demand was made in a repor

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan and big get down to business. despite its declared socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the low many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. to ocean currents and temperatures going up and down so what's happening to the world's climate and what is this world coming to try to answer that question in just a few. and coming up in business update russia show signs is going green as a stop producing wind turbines in two thousand and twelve we'll have the details in about twenty minutes time. you're watching our t.v. where twenty four hours a day it will straight talk top story though they already account for hoffa all global economic activity but now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade. is following the annual apec summit the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in yokohama japan and.

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather here for a two day summit in yokohama japan to get down to business. despite its declared socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the world many experts predict the decay of capitalism. shifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to which tries to answer the question later in the program. and coming up in the business update putin meets his counterpart in vogue area which could signal what the first step of the construction of the south stream pipeline project might have more details in about twenty minutes time. i know that it's twelve noon here in moscow you're watching r t welcome to the program they already account for hall for global economic activity but now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade he's also there is following the annual apec summit the.

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the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gathered here for a two day summit in a yokohama japan to get down to business. despite its declared day socialism appears to be making a comeback in countries across the world many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. shifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down what's happening to the planet's climate and to what is this world coming to with man's a question later in the program. you know this is r.t. around the clock news on the air and online they already account for all the global economic activity now they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade he's also there is one of the apec summit. the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are not gathering here in the yokohama japan and it's very much like the recently concluded g twenty that has happened in seoul with south korea basically they're going to be talking about how to revive the global economy and get out of the world.

pacific economies are expected to agree to aim for economic integration by the year 2020. japan's prime minister, naoto kan, is to chair the two-day summit of the asia pacific economic cooperation forum, which will open in yokohama on saturday. the leaders are expected to issue a declaration at the end of the summit to be called the yokohama vision. nhk has obtained a draft copy of the declaration. it expresses the leaders' resolve to further promote regional economic integration toward the target year of 2020. the draft also says apec will take concrete steps toward a comprehensive free trade agreement by developing and building current regional undertakings, such as the transpacific partnership, asean plus 3, asean plus 6. the asean plus 3 group includes japan, china, south korea, and the ten-member association of southeast asian nations. the asean plus 6 group adds india and new zealand to the countries. the partnership originated in a free trade agreement among brunei, chile, new zealand and singapore. negotiations are under way to expand it with another five apec members, including the united states and australia. the japanese government will hold talks with countries invo

. >> in light of the g-20 countries, if it will also be participating in the asia- pacific economic cooperationum, which is getting under way saturday in japan. it will focus on lang the groundwork for a free-trade area. -- it will focus on laying the groundwork for free trade areas. the u.s. and china. and then fastest growing ones such as and asia, chile, and thailand. regional matters will also be on the agenda, including a dispute between china and japan over islands in the east china sea. bernie's op -- the burmese opposition leader could soon be released from house arrest on saturday when her detention term expires. she's been detained for 15 and the last 21 years. the nobel peace laureate in her national league for democracy were barred from running in elections five days ago. burma oppose the first since 1990. supported by the ruling pontiff is expected to win the elections which been widely criticized for neither being free nor fair. >> news of suu kyi's possible release spread quickly. hundreds of supporters outside her party's headquarters, some wearing t-shirts saying we stand by yo

. >>> the two-day summit of the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum will open in yokohama on saturday. ahead of the meeting, world leaders including the presidents of the united states, china and russia have started arriving here in japan on this friday evening. prime minister kan flew back from seoul where he attended the g-20 summit meeting. kan will now chair the apec meeting and is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with other leaders on the sidelines of this weekend's summit. on friday evening, chinese president hu jintao arrived at tokyo's haneda airport. hu is the first top chinese official to visit japan after bilateral ties were strained in early september following an incident in which a chinese fishing boat collided with a japanese patrol vessels near japan's senkaku islands. but it remains to be seen whether hu will hold an official meeting with kan. if he does, the prime minister will use the opportunity to improve bilateral ties. on saturday morning kan will meet u.s. president barack obama. officials say he hopes to reaffirm the japan/u.s. alliance against the ba

the asia pacific region you've mentioned not going to be there from not just but in slightly that you eventually economics a bit of is expected to take part in the asia pacific economic cooperation summit hosted by the city government about two weeks' time how is that likely to be affected by this latest flare up over the current audience in york that. it's difficult to predict the real shipping news ran. but. we should wait to start. any should. understand this visit as the. step forward today economic relationship between two countries and the cross border corp. into this one to destroy any bilateral relations between japan and russia that will be the best from this situation. and political analyst from the moscow state university of international relations thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on the program today thank you. well still ahead few in the program setting the cross-hairs. the chinese are being set up to be the next. and the only thing that's interfering with that is that the muslims are in effect of bogeyman for right now. one of the emerging the chinese economy is being perceived as a threat by the debt stricken u.s. . it's an obscure metal but it could e

where world leaders including russia's president made a very defiant meeting for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit the summit has already brought deals among them a contract between russia and china and japan to build the fertilizer plant in tatarstan the first major facility in the region for the last twenty years the project is one of the biggest of its type worth one billion dollars i will involve china's national chemical engineering corp japan's mitsubishi. swords and russia's state owned a morning the summit also focus on global issues like trade after the june twenty fifth to agree how to boost the world economy. clearly there is a very ambitious agenda for trade liberalization in the region and i think one of the important issues will be the degree to which countries follow and deliver on the commitments that they have with respect to this liberalization. another issue i think will be the issue of investments in the region and the possibility to again facilitate the flow of investment across countries that will be important i think and we balancing the world economy as well because

despite this is expected to attend the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in japan next week. with many polls now closing in the american mid-term elections early results show a republican lead they need thirty nine seats to gain control of the house of representatives with the fate of one third of the senate also to be decided but candidates on both sides have been criticized for their reliance on big business cash to run their campaigns. and dubbed as the greatest feat of human endeavor it's now ten years since the first expedition stepped on board the international space station three hundred twenty kilometers above earth and now the size of a football pitch the has seen two hundred visitors and may hold the key to crucial advances in technology. back with more news in around thirty minutes but first it's spotlight speaks to. the world's largest natural gas producer and exporter with winter just ahead they discuss the state and security of gas shipping . culture is the same of charging into federal bureaucracy to model taliban bad guys we came with being in journalism for n

issues will be on the agenda all weekend in tokyo where president obama will attend an asia pacific economic cooperation sum. >>> hoping to tamp down anxiety on the issue of a possible deal on the bush-era tax cuts, president obama says he continues to believe that keeping tax cuts for the wealthy would be a mistake. >> my number-one priority is making sure that we make the middle-class tax cuts permanent. i continue to believe that extending permanently the upper income tax tax cuts would be a mistake and we can't afford it. and any hope is is that somewhere in between there we can find some sort of solution. >> the president's comments come as the white house sharply denies a report in the "huffington post," we told you about yesterday that said senior adviser david axelrod indicated a willingness to accept a temporary extension of the cuts for the nation's highest earners to win a renewal of tax breaks for the middle class in. the interview, axelrod cited the reality of having to negotiate with republicans saying "we have to deal with the world as we find it." later he sent an e-mail to politico sayi

four months ahead of schedule because we need to other stories leaders meeting at the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in japan agreed not to slide into protectionist measures tatarstan will get one of the world's largest fertiliser operations companies from china and japan will work with russia's state owned a more need to build the billion dollar plant the epic summit also continue the work towards a regional free trade zone. russia this is very slow on saturday all the bullshit were in the red with energy majors the biggest drag but in the tran respect bank because of the last telecom earthquake you lost over half a percent although it closed its sales revenue thirty nine percent year on year between first and third quarter of two thousand and ten. the russian markets that traded six days this week were showing growth at the beginning of it however they close in the red on saturday. vice president at troika dialogue up the trends of the week. the first half of the week was really strong we traded off to holy days and it looks like this situation is changing in terms of russia we see more and

sustainable regional growth but today a gathering of finance cheats from the twenty one member asia pacific economic cooperationforum was a preview to a meeting of leaders of the same states in europe or how many of tokyo at next week's gathering they will work to map out across strategy to discuss regional economic integration hundred view progress toward the group's goal of open trade in that spent. you create is rapidly regaining the trust of international finance agencies says the i.m.f. hot weather and i.m.f. commission which is visiting the country is still to make a decision on giving its second tranche of the fifteen billion dollar loan. he has more. resources and i economy this was a victory on the court which is main priority when he became ukraine's president less than a year on experts say this goal has been somewhat successful in twenty jan the country has seen a six percent growth in g.d.p. compared with the disastrous decline last year and this came partially due to less spending on imported natural resources the corner me. successfully passed to the crisis the cheap gas price from russia. to the

leaders meeting at the asia pacific economic cooperation summit in japan have agreed not to slide into protectionist measures tatarstan will get one of the world's largest fertiliser operations companies from china and japan will work with russian state and a many to the billion dollar plant if that summit also continued working towards a regional free trade. russia hopes to completely go see asians on entering the world trade organization and become a member next year but isn't medvedev top aide arkady dvorkovich made the announcement on sunday in yokohama in japan. thank you very much we have already promised the stage of by the troops to auction of stores at malta are truly goshi the timeframe no depends nor the participants of the talks aiming to join the w.t. early next year it's more of a technical question our experts and their counterparts in geneva see a report of the working group can be prepared by spring twenty eleven the question is will we have enough time for the admission it will likely take place newton it is difficult to forecast in this case. as you companies from ru

twenty summit in seattle to oklahoma for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit after the d twenty failed to agree help to boost the world's economy the apec summit is seen as another attempt to settle global financial issues at the g. twenty a look ahead to apec i'm joined by jaroslav is a folic chief economist at deutsche bank russia thank you very much for joining us and there's been lots of tough talking but no actually agreements at the g. twenty what can we expect from the apec. i think more i think there will be more decisions more concrete decisions so for unfortunately a lot of the things that we've seen from g twenty has been pretty general. even the commitments with respect to not using protectionist measures have not been adhered to strictly i think we should be expecting more from the apec because this is more of a regional blog as opposed to more of a global organization that is g g twenty regional issues are likely to be addressed more forcefully i think by the neighbors in the region in the asia pacific region and can we expect apec to address such issues as trade i

agreement but do you think that the political leaders that are heading to yokohama for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit do you think that they can expect we're going to take more from that summit in terms of what haven't been discussed or. and you're in the g twenty unfortunately the interests of the meeting there and the points of view on. property much the same as own g twenty has the group with slightly less moved from these political quarrels but anyway but anyway the situation is the following there are no consensus to adopt and you can see productive far reaching for many many members of the summit so this specially for us it's a bit spoiled by the events of the recent past so i wouldn't have expected a lot so. it may it may come good solo was twenty but i wouldn't have put a lot on that now we've just got a new data on the russian economy i just said that they would cover slowed in the third quarter and with g.d.p. up just two point seven percent do you think that that's what i'm for that's a worsening try. and i will continue taking into account the figures i mean what has been arriving

the president also attended the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit in japan where he met with russian president dmitri he assured the russian leader that he would work with the senate to ratify a new nuclear weapons pact between the two countries. >>> congress returns to work tomorrow for the first time since the mid-term election. a top priority for both parties is dealing with the bush era tax cuts which expire at the end of the year. but there is not much agreement yet over whether the wealthy should continue to get the tax breaks. reporter april williams has the latest. >> white house senior advisor dave axlerod tried sunday to clarify his recent comment suggesting the white house is open to compromise on extending the bush era tax cuts. >> the president still believes that we have to move forward on these tax cuts for the middle class. the middle class is taking a beating in this last decade. we can't afford to borrow another $700 billion to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. >> the issue has become a big one as the congress enters the so-called lame duck session

the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic cooperation gather in doha much of pattern get down to business join me for the details in a few moments. this fight it's declared dead socialism it has to be making a comeback in countries across the world with many experts predicting the decay of capitalism. sifting ocean currents temperatures going up and down so what's happening to the world's climate and what is this world coming to we try to answer that question in just a few moments. ago are you watching r t world news around the clock welcome to the program they already account for hard of all global economic activity but they want more pacific rim nations are gathering in japan seeking to expand their influence and increase free trade that's now details from artie's to our city who's following the annual apec summit tell us what's on the agenda for this year's four. right will carry the twenty one members of the asia pacific economic forum are now gathering he.

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the two world leaders were in japan for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit. more on those trade talks. >> reporter: well, president obama has been pushing the trade agenda making the case to these world leaders that everyone can benefit from expanded trade, mr. obama pointing out that the seven of the top trading partners with the u.s. are part of apec. also pointing out that 60% of u.s. exports come to this region, the case mr. obama has been making on this asia tour is that the global markets as they open up, there is more opportunity for u.s. jobs creating jobs back at home. but some here are worried that the united states is coming with its hands outlooking for jobs back at home. they wonder what are they getting in return? mr. obama addressed that issue speaking to business leaders today. >> i make no apologies for doing whatever i can to bring those jobs and industries to america. but what i've also said throughout this trip is that in the 21st century there is no need to view trade, commerce, or economic growth as zero sum gains where one country alway

president obama will take part in meetings of the asia pacific economic cooperation forum over the weekendspent the past two days in south korea at a separate economic gathering of the world's top 20 economic powers and he stressed there are still issues that need to be addressed like trade imbalances. >> no nation should assume their path to prosperity is paved simply with exports to the united states. >> the president is due back in washington on sunday. >> well, your bank accounts won't be stuffed once you fork out money for this year's turkey. >> no kidding. the lastest on thousands of job cuts and yahoo possibly coming down the pipeline. jane king live in new york at the stock exchange with our "moneyscope" report. hi, jane. >> hello. while turkey prices have jumped to an all time high, two weeks away from thanksgiving, a researcher saying the price of frozen turkey yesterday up to $1.09 a pound and stockpiles sliding at the cost of feeding the birds. makes raising turkeys less profitable. about 70% of turkey feed. the internet search engine really planning a new massive round of job

country's prime minister before meeting with australia's prime minister ahead of the asia pacific economic cooperation forum. president obama thanked australia for its commitment to the war in afghanistan. >> i expressed my personal thanks to the people of australia through the prime minister for the enormous sacrifices that are being made in afghanistan by australian troops. >> president obama said the u.s. and asian countries could benefit from building stronger trade relationships. >>> the smithsonian has been around since 1846 and all that time you haven't paid a dime to get in and enjoy the exhibits. >> that could change because of possible budget cuts to the museums. president obama's deficit reduction commission suggests congress cut $225 million from the smithsonian institution budget and begin charging admission fees to make up for the lost money. the difference would be made up by charging $7.50 per visitor. what do you think? >> a lot of people said i would pay to get into the smithsonian because you go to other big cities and you pay to get in. >> the other argument is our tax dollars alre

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