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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

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

Diego Solis Rodriguez Mexican Council on Foreign Relations, Young Associate.Consejo Mexicano de Asuntos Internacionalesa Next Generation Delegate to the XXII PECC General Meeting. The coronavirus has prompted an unintended global experiment. The pandemic has turned international affairs into a... Continue reading

Submitted by Jane Drake-Brockman, Christopher Findlay, Yose Rizal Damuri and Sherry Stephenson   From 3D printing (3DP) and artificial intelligence (AI), to cloud computing, 5G, and the Internet-of-Things (IoT), digital technologies are prompting radical new business models offered through... Continue reading

Jeffrey ReevesVice-President of Research for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada   Zodov Dolgor has been in self-quarantine since January. Source: PECC News feed Continue reading

Regional cooperation key to containment and rebound Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

Rebecca Fatima Sta MariaExecutive Director, APEC Secretariat   Last month, G20 leaders released a statement advocating for a spirit of solidarity in the global response against COVID-19. In these dire times, it is a call that should be heeded... Continue reading

Sungbae AnSenior Research FellowDepartment of International Macroeconomics and FinanceKorea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)   The rapidly evolving risks posed by the coronavirus outbreak are likely to reactivate cross-border coordination on macroeconomic policies. Source: PECC News feed Continue reading

Jorge HeineResearch Professor, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University&Non-resident senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing The current COVID-19 is the worst global pandemic to hit the world in a century, only surpassed... Continue reading

Business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region called for APEC leadership and cooperation to combat the grave challenges to health and economies posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading