Asian finance ministers agree on initiatives to protect region

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Updated February 23, 2009 21:51:28

Asian finance ministers have agreed on a number of initiatives to strengthen regional economic cooperation and to protect the region against the financial crisis. The proposals, negotiated between finance ministers from ASEAN nations, China, Japan and Korea, will now be discussed by their leaders when they meet this week at the Thai resort town of Hua Hin.

Presenter: Kanaha Sabapathy
Speakers: Korn Chatikavanij, Thai finance minister; David Cohen, director, Asian Economic Forecasting, Action Economies, Singapore

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