Explainer: Asia-Pacific closes in on world's biggest trade deal

By Martin Petty

 

FILE PHOTO: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, Laos' Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen shake hands at the 3rd Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) summit in Bangkok, Thailand, November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

 

(Reuters) - Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies are set to conclude talks on Sunday and sign what could become the world's largest free trade agreement, covering nearly a third of the global population and about 30% of its global gross domestic product.

 

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Exclusive: Indonesia to start mass COVID-19 vaccination this year - President

By Tom Allard, Stanley Widianto and Gayatri Suroyo

 

FILE PHOTO: Indonesia's President Joko Widodo speaks at the Istana in Singapore October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim/File Photo

 

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has sought emergency authorisation to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year to combat the coronavirus in the archipelago, the Southeast Asian nation's president said on Friday.

 

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