With the right policies, places disconnected by distance, terrain or travel time are economic success stories in waiting Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
APEC is now accepting nominations for the 2019 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education, or ASPIRE, which spotlights cross-border innovations led by scientists in the region aged 40 years and under. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
APEC economies are working on measures to boost regional trade, which is declining as the region’s main driver of growth, said a top APEC official. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
Successful strategies against counterfeiting were some of the important lessons shared at the semi-annual gathering in Santiago, Chile, of APEC’s Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group, or IPEG. Source: APEC News feed Continue reading
The APEC Secretariat and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, will strengthen its collaborative efforts to support sustainable inclusive growth in the Asia Pacific region, said APEC Executive Director Dr Rebecca Sta Maria during her meeting... Continue reading
“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
