More than two dozen Asia-Pacific nations have gathered for a United Nations meeting which kicked off today to discuss crucial issues related to economic growth and recovery ahead of next month’s summit of the so-called Group of 20 (G20).
The United Nations’ relations with Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam and China will be among the top items of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s agenda when he visits the four Asian nations next week, it was announced today.
With red tape in trade costing $300 billion a year in Asia and the Pacific, developing nations in the region have issued an urgent call at a United Nations-backed meeting for governments to streamline global trade procedures and ensure that regulations are simple, consistent and transparent.
