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“APEC, and our firm support for the rules-based trading system, has been a fundamental pillar of our development, and it will continue to be so,” said Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Ampuero. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

Trade and sectoral officials from the 21 APEC members wrapped up their first cluster of meetings for 2019 today, during which they set the agenda for economic cooperation for the rest of the year. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

This 2019, Chile sets out to make APEC a safe haven to raise emerging and sometimes even sensitive issues, said Rodrigo Yáñez, Chile’s Vice Minister of Trade. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

Efforts to modernize the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card – which allows card-holders multiple-entry short-term business travel among APEC economies – are underway. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

With several trade agreements moving forward, as evidenced by progress at the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Pacific Alliance, prospects for regional economic integration remain positive for the APEC region, said Robert Logie, Chair... Continue reading

Focus on people and on building consensus, urges Chile – host country of APEC 2019 – to delegates who are meeting in Santiago this week for the first of the year’s Senior Officials Meetings. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

Representatives of APEC economies aim to raise global public awareness and action on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which undermine the region’s food security. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

Trade and sectoral officials from the 21 APEC member economies have begun gathering in Chile for the first time during its 2019 chairmanship, intent on finding multilateral solutions to the challenges that the Asia-Pacific will face this coming decade.... Continue reading

The problem of food loss and waste is bigger than we think Source: APEC News feed Continue reading

Commitment to APEC’s mission of promoting open markets, free trade. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading