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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 much needed boost to the global trading system. It will create the largest single economic area

nzpeccNovember 17, 2020

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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

nzpeccNovember 17, 2020

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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

nzpeccNovember 14, 2020

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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 of a noun”, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum over nearly three decades has focused on

nzpeccOctober 30, 2020

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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 fifth producer of auto parts. This position was achieved primarily because the industry has been characterized

nzpeccOctober 12, 2020

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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 for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and Professor of Economics at Keio University.Shandre Thangavelu, Vice President of

nzpeccSeptember 23, 2020

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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 early and too much is unknown to realistically assess the economic impact. The consequences of this

nzpeccMay 26, 2020

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The small virus

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 vast laboratory. Today, we can identify some of its experiments: the global response to the pandemic;

nzpeccMay 22, 2020

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Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolutions

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 digital platforms, that promise unparalled productivity gains and global increases in standard-of-living. Adoption of new technologies

nzpeccApril 28, 2020

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COVID-19: Experiences from best practices in Asia show a path forward in the fight against the coronavirus

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

nzpeccApril 27, 2020