Hu seeks trade boost to fight crisis

LIMA: Boosting multi-lateral trading, tackling climate change and responding better to natural disasters were some of the key proposals put forward by President Hu Jintao at the APEC economic leaders' meeting on Saturday.

The Chinese president also said the financial community must learn lessons from the recent economic crisis with a view to establishing a new international financial order that is fair and just.

One way to move forward, Hu said, was for APEC member economies to build consensus and promote sound development of the multilateral trading regime.