Apec leaders identify three growth areas that will benefit three billion citizens

HONOLULU: The 19th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit ended here on Sunday with the 21-member economies calling for the creation of a seamless regional economy that will benefit its three billion citizens.

The leaders, in their Honolulu Declaration, identified three specific areas to achieve this objective, namely, increasing trade and investment, promoting green jobs and streamlining regulations which would encourage trade and job creation.