APEC成员贸易部长会议表示将加速推动区域经济复苏-新华网 新华社吉隆坡7月25日电（记者林昊）亚太经合组织（APEC）成员贸易部长视频会议25日举行，会议承诺将致力于减少新冠疫情对本区域经济的影响，加速推动实现具有弹性、可持续性和包容性的区域经济复苏。 会议由今年APEC领导人非正式会议主办方马来西亚主持。 会后发表的联合声明表示，APEC成员贸易部长认识到，在这一具有挑战性的时刻，一个自由、开放、公平、非歧视、透明和可预测的贸易和投资环境对于推动经济复苏的重要性。 各方承诺，确保为应对疫情所采取的紧急措施是具有针对性、恰当、透明和临时的，不会制造不必要的贸易壁垒并扰乱全球供应链，同时遵守世界贸易组织规则。 APEC成员贸易部长在声明中承诺，加强合作促进必要的商品和服务流动，通过加强供应链弹性促进互联互通，将医疗物资、食品和农业产品流动所受到的干扰最小化，以应对疫情。 APEC成员贸易部长一致认为，有必要讨论如何减少限制必要商品贸易的非关税壁垒，重申将致力于在不影响为阻止疫情蔓延所采取措施的情况下促进必要的跨境人员流动。 会议还发布了有关促进必要商品流通的宣言。 宣言表示，各经济体将确保其为应对疫情所采取的贸易措施符合世贸组织规定，并承诺在减少非关税贸易壁垒、贸易促进等方面采取行动，以促进疫情下必要的商品流动。 主持会议的马来西亚国际贸易和工业部部长阿兹明·阿里表示，尽管受到疫情影响，马来西亚依然致力于推动今年APEC会议取得成功，制定APEC2020年后合作愿景的工作正有序推进。 马来西亚同意以视频形式举行APEC相关会议，但不排除在年底APEC领导人非正式会议时安排实体会议的可能性。
APEC ministers responsible for trade meeting says to accelerate regional economic recovery-Xinhua Net Kuala Lumpur, July 25, Xinhua News Agency (By Lin Hao) - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers responsible for trade met by video conference on July 25 and pledged to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the region's economy and accelerate efforts to achieve a resilient, sustainable and inclusive regional economic recovery. The meeting was held by Malaysia, the host of this year's APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting. A joint statement released after the meeting said APEC ministers responsible for trade recognized the importance of a free, open, fair, non-discriminatory, transparent and predictable trade and investment environment to drive economic recovery at this challenging time. The parties acknowledged to ensure that emergency measures taken in response to the epidemic are targeted, appropriate, transparent and temporary, do not create unnecessary trade barriers and disrupt global supply chains, and comply with World Trade Organization rules. In the statement, APEC ministers responsible for trade pledged to strengthen cooperation to facilitate the flow of essential goods and services and enhance supply chain resilience to promote interconnectivity, thereby minimizing disruptions to the flow of medical supplies, food and agricultural products in response to the epidemic. APEC ministers responsible for trade agreed on the need to discuss ways to reduce non-tariff barriers that restrict trade in essential goods, and reaffirmed their commitment to facilitating the necessary cross-border movement of people without compromising measures taken to stop the spread of the epidemic. The meeting also issued a declaration on promoting the circulation of essential goods. The declaration said that, economies will ensure that the trade measures they take in response to the epidemic comply with WTO rules, and commit to take action in reducing non-tariff trade barriers, trade facilitation and other areas to facilitate the necessary flow of goods under the epidemic. Presiding over the meeting, Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry Azmin Ali said that despite the impact of the epidemic, Malaysia remains committed to the success of this year's APEC meeting, and the work to develop a vision for APEC cooperation beyond 2020 is progressing in an orderly manner. Malaysia agreed to hold APEC-related meetings by video, but did not rule out the possibility of arranging a physical meeting at the end of the year when the APEC leaders meet informally.