Southeast Asian trade ministers this week wrapped up talks in

Southeast Asian trade ministers this week wrapped up talks in the Cambodian capital a step closer to forging a single market and confident poor nations will be heard in upcoming WTO talks.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministers left Phnom Penh after paying a courtesy visit late on Thursday on King Norodom Sihanouk, whose country hosted the ministerial meetings ahead of its official induction into the World Trade Organization (WTO) next week.