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New Zealand to Steer APEC’s Work towards Recovery

New Zealand assumes the role of APEC host in 2021, focus on recovery, resilience and innovation Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
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Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin Called for Unity in Combatting Pandemic

APEC leaders meet virtually to address the economic and health crisis, plan for recovery Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
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Uniting to Build a Revitalised Asia-Pacific Economic Community

The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) met virtually on Wednesday, in the lead up to the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Friday. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
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RCEP Boosts Prospects for Trade Integration and Liberalization in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Eduardo PedrosaSecretary-General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Christopher FindlayAustralian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (AUSPECC)Honorary Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU)   The signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Sunday provided a... Continue reading
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APEC Ministers Issue Joint Statement

Ministers from the 21 APEC member economies issued a joint statement following the virtual APEC Ministerial Meeting Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
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Senior Officials Determine Policy Direction in the COVID-19 Age

The Leaders, Ministers and Senior Officials will convene virtually on 11-20 November The Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting kicks off the first fully virtual Economic Leaders’ Week Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
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Coherent Vision: How the Asia Pacific can drive sustainable and inclusive growth

Eduardo Pedrosa Secretary-General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Christopher FindlayVice-chair, Australian Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (AUSPECC) Honorary professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University (ANU)   Referred to in the past as “four adjectives in search... Continue reading
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Mexico's Automotive Industry Post Covid-19

Leo Guzman-Anaya1University of Guadalajara, MexicoMember of PECC Mexico   BackgroundMexico’s automotive industry experienced a wave of rapid growth after the 2008 financial crisis. It now ranks as the fourth major exporter and the seventh global producer of automobiles and... Continue reading
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COVID-19 and the ‘zoom’ to new global value chains

Christopher Findlay, Honorary Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy, the College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University; Vice-Chair, Australian National Committee for Pacific Economic CooperationFukunari Kimura, Chief Economist of the Economic Research Institute... Continue reading
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Trade and Connectivity in the Post-COVID-19 World

Pascal LamyPresident of the Paris Peace Forum of the French Committee of the PECC Former Director General of the WTO &Eduardo PedrosaSecretary-General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council*   Even as some economies begin to relax their lockdowns, it is too... Continue reading