Brussels, 15/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Finance Ministers of the Asem countries closed a two-day meeting in Kobe on Sunday, the third since the creation of the Asia-Europe meeting forum, saying they were confident as to the robust nature of their own economies but somewhat concerned at the persisting imbalances in the world and by the exhaustion of the American locomotive. The partners promised themselves to do more to resist external shocks (such as the oil crisis) and provided...