Passage: The ministers recommended that their leaders adopt a stand- alone statement on the DDA negotiations that "provided strong political leadership and commitment necessary to produce a sound platform for successfully concluding the negotiations in Hong Kong ". The APEC ministers "reaffirmed their deep commitment to the multilateral trading system and their support for the WTO" and agreed that "APEC economies would continue to make contributions towards the successful outcome of the WTO DDA negotiations".
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