As the USGS report came out, the US administration was negotiating the "Sydney Declaration", a document on climate change, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in Australia.
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America has opposed the idea, preferring to see regional trade and economic issues dealt with in the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation forum, in which it is included.
Under negotiation since 1996, the agreement was approved in principle last July, and due to be signed at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in New Zealand in September.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Forum (Apec), set up in 1989 mainly to promote trade among Pacific Rim states, now accounts for more than half of global economic output and almost half of all international trade.
Initiatives such as the Asian-African Strategic Partnership established to improve investment opportunities between Asia and Africa, the annual China-Africa Co-operation Forum and frequent trips by high-level Chinese officials to resource-rich countries such as South Africa and Nigeria have bolstered the China-Africa relationship.
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They also announced that the G20 itself will replace the G7, a rich-world club that will now concentrate mainly on security issues, as the primary forum for international economic co-operation.
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There are murmurs that this month's summit of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Russia's favourite international forum, might be postponed.
The United States appointed a special envoy to ASEAN, based in Jakarta, signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Co-operation, and has taken part in the ASEAN Regional Forum, a security talking-shop.
The first Asia Europe meeting was held in Bangkok two years ago and established a new forum for countries in the two regions to increase co-operation.
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