While rejecting traditional parties and institutions, President Correa supports the development of regional alliances and South American integration, which include the development of an economy independent of foreign investment.

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By which I meant that Japan as a state and as an economy has become resigned to the prospect that, like it or not and certainly there will much to dislike it has no choice but to accept integration into a regional if not global political economy dominated and largely dictated by China.

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The focus of our host year was to make progress towards a seamless regional economy, and we have made progress in the three themes that we set out -- regional economic integration, green growth, and regulatory reform.

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