LAHAINA, Hawaii: Pacific Rim trade ministers, including Malaysia's Mustapa Mohamad(pic), neared the final spurt of negotiations on an ambitious free trade pact on Thursday, but differences over farm exports and monopoly periods for next-generation drugs were preventing them from reaching an elusive final deal.
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