The president will visit Japan, China,South Korea and Singapore, where a summit of 21 Asia-Pacific economies will take place.

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Sunday's summit of the United States and ASEAN the Association of Southeast Asian nations will take place on the sidelines of the broader 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore.

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Exports to Asia fell 21% compared with a year ago, and total goods exports fell 3%.

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In Singapore, at the annual meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said the goal toward joining the Trans Pacific Partnership would be achieved in close consultation with U.S. Congress, which is holding up the ratification of a U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea.

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In aggregate the market-cap-weighted shares of our 2010 class were up 43% over 12 months versus 21% for the FTSE Asia Pacific Small Cap stock index.

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