The business council says it is also time for start work on setting a timeline for establishing an APEC free trade agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"A good place to start, and what I hope to spend a lot of time on in these discussions today, is how we can move forward on a jobs package."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

"Most Americans wanted to hear president tell Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid, and the rest of the Congress that it is time to start over on a common sense, bipartisan plan focused on lowering the cost of health care while improving quality."

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"So far,we have had a constructive conversation and my hope is that by the time the chairman and I meet on Wednesday that we have made sufficient progress and we can start actually seeing a structure that would be in place."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14