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Meeting of leaders from countries in the asia pacific trade group apec this week to focus on the covid i9 pandemic and its economic effects. it ll be the first time that apec leaders have held an additional meeting before their formal gathering in november, and will take place virtually. dozens of people have been arrested after violence and looting has erupted in south africa. unrest has centred on kwazulu natal, where ex presidentjacob zuma is injail and in the economic capitaljohannesburg. the violence exposes the rifts within the governing african national congress party. aruna iyengar has this report. a shopping mall in durban looted as violence breaks out in kwazulu natal, the home province of former president jacob zuma. people take what they can. police say looters are taking advantage of the violence following zuma s arrest which prompted the current president to make a ....
APEC ministers commit to speed up transit of COVID-19 vaccines, related goods A meeting of trade ministers from the 21-economy group also produced pledges to support World Trade Organization negotiations for an intellectual property waiver on COVID-19 vaccines Reuters | June 6, 2021 | Updated 08:50 IST A batch of Johnson & Johnson s Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines arrives at a military airport in Seongnam, South Korea, June 5, 2021. (Photo: Reuters) Ministers from the Asia-Pacific trade group APEC on Saturday agreed to review trade barriers and expedite the cross-border transit of COVID-19 vaccines and related goods, but stopped short of a broad commitment to remove tariffs. A meeting of trade ministers from the 21-economy group, which includes the United States, China, and Japan, also produced pledges to support World Trade Organization negotiations for an intellectual property waiver on COVID-19 vaccines. ....