C. LAWRENCE GREENWOOD JR. APEC SENIOR OFFICIAL C. LAWRENCE GREENWOOD JR. HOLDS FOREIGN PRESS CENTER BRIEFING REGARDING BRUNEI APEC MEETING

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STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING AT THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER REGARDING APEC BRUNEI MEETING

SPEAKER: C. LAWRENCE GREENWOOD JR., SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC, U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT

[*] GREENWOOD: Thank you, Peter, and thank you all for coming today.

Let me just basically talk about three areas that APEC will be focusing on this year, particularly at the leaders meeting in Brunei next month.

First area, trade -- in the area of trade, APEC has been working for a number of year, as you all know, on -- to advance trade and investment, ...

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