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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers Responsible for Trade acknowledged the huge challenges posed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic and issued a statement on it. The APEC trade ministers were deeply saddened by the human losses caused by the pandemic, according to a written statement issued by the APEC Secretariat and received here on Wednesday. APEC trade ministers also highly lauded frontline workers worldwide, especially those from member economies, for their contribution and sacrifice in safeguarding public health. The APEC trade ministers also expressed concern over the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable developing economies. To this end, they reiterated the criticality of multilevel collaboration transcending regions to expedite their fight against COVID-19 and vouched to working closely to address pandemic-related disruptions with urgency//Ant