As Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union move their economies away from the inefficient autarky of the Soviet era towards a more efficient integration with the world economy, considerations of trade and investment will prevail over other forces.

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If we take advantage of our trade and integration to create more and better jobs in both countries.

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Lane argues this compartmentalization invites leaders to think in terms of trade-offs, not integration.

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So this is one of the free trade initiatives that's most ambitious in the world and would foster integration of the Asia Pacific region, one of the regions with the greatest dynamism in the world.

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Minister of Foreign Trade from 2003 to 2005, she was instrumental in advancing regional integration projects in Latin America.

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We are also committed to working together to develop high standard trade and investment rules in the region and promote regional economic integration, consistent with the long-term objective of the APEC economies to develop a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).

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Renewables such as windmills promote trade and market integration by prodding governments to link up national grids, says Peter Brun of the Danish wind-energy firm, Vestas.

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