Representatives from the Asia-Pacific business community called on APEC economies to further open trade and investment and resist the urge to erect trade barriers.

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"It is a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports, and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products,"

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"It is a strategy in which Asian and Pacific markets are open to our exports, and one in which prosperity around the world is no longer as dependent on American consumption and borrowing, but rather more on American innovation and products."

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The Londoner also came through qualifying at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in September, before losing in the first round to Hungary's Greta Arn.

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Williams, who has 13 Grand Slam titles and two Olympic Gold metals, announced on Saturday that she would be pulling out of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo and the China Open in Beijing later this year in order to continue healing after a July foot injury.

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The lodge actually floats: Built from cedar, fir, pine and stone on a barge, King Pacific is only open June through September.

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