1.   APEC trade ministers approved a so-called action agenda Friday laying out principles for trade liberalization and cooperation among the members.

2.   But the so-called action agenda mainly lists the principles to be followed in achieving free trade.

3.   In fact, paycheck issues will dominate the action agenda that Democratic congressional leaders are to release later this month.

4.   The commission offers an action agenda on how such an investment should be utilized in a new strategy for investing in health.

5.   In a speech earlier, he gave details of the latest version of the action agenda that has evolved during the last year.

6.   Hashimoto also noted that the private sector was the driving force in APEC economies and that this should be reflected in the action agenda.

7.   He said further discussion would be held on a proposal put forward by the United States for a specific action agenda.

8.   An APEC summit in Osaka, Japan in November is expected to adopt an action agenda to implement the Bogor accord.

9.   Among the so-called general principles under the proposed action agenda, divergent conditions of member economies and differential treatment should be allowed in ecnomic sectors, he said.

10.   APEC senior officials are currently working towards formulating a conceptual structure for an action agenda for liberalising free trade.