Latin-Asia business forum opens in Singapore

Xinhua, 22 Sep 2008

SINGAPORE, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Latin Asia Business Forum opened here Monday morning, attracting some 400 business delegates from 21 countries to attend to explore more opportunities in the two regions.

In recent years, political and economic ties between Latin America and Asia have deepened. Bilateral trade has been on the rise. Last year, total trade flows between Latin America and Asia reached 267.3 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 24 percent over2006.

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