U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky makes a point while answering a question during a joint media conference at the end of the two-day Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers meeting in Kuching, Malaysia June 23. The APEC trade ministers said they ended the talks on Tuesday without clinching a market-opening agreement, and they instructed senior officials to reach an accord by September.

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