2023.05.27 09:16Nation

共同声明また見送り 中ロが反対、APEC貿易相会合

 【デトロイト時事】日米中ロなど21カ国・地域が参加するアジア太平洋経済協力会議(APEC)貿易相会合は26日、米デトロイトで2日間の討議を終え、閉幕した。昨年5月のバンコクでの貿易相会合に続き、共同声明は見送りとなった。ロシアのウクライナ侵攻を巡る文言に中ロが反対したためだ。
 ロシアへの経済制裁強化や、中国依存の低減を念頭に置いたサプライチェーン(供給網)構築を打ち出す日米など先進国と、中ロの対立は深まるばかり。APECの機能不全を改めて露呈した。
 議長国の米国が共同声明に代わり、議長声明を公表。声明は「多くのメンバーがロシアを非難した」とする一方、「他の見解や異なる評価もあった」と指摘した。昨年11月のAPEC首脳宣言を踏襲した。(2023/05/27-09:16)

2023.05.27 09:16Nation

APEC Trade Ministers Fail to Adopt Joint Statement Again


Trade ministers of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member economies finished their two-day meeting in Detroit through Friday without adopting a joint statement, as Russia and China stood against proposed wordings about Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
   APEC trade ministers also failed to issue a joint statement at their meeting in Bangkok in May last year.
   Advanced countries including Japan and the United State, which have been calling for the strengthening of economic sanctions against Russia as well as the establishment of supply chains with a view to reducing their dependence on China, came into even deeper conflict with Russia and China. The latest development once again exposed that the APEC framework has become dysfunctional, with member economies staying divided.
   The United States, this year's APEC chair, issued a chair's statement in place of a joint ministerial statement.
   "Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine," the chair's statement said. "There were other views and different assessments of the situation." These expressions were the same as the wordings used in APEC leaders' statement issued in November last year.

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