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APEC Faces USD 2.1 Trillion in Output Loss to COVID-19

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

nzpeccApril 20, 2020

Multilateral Cooperation is a Safeguard against Pandemics

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 well beyond their membership. Source: PECC News feed

nzpeccApril 15, 2020

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International cooperation during COVID-19

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

nzpeccApril 2, 2020

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G20 comes to the fore again

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 by the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people. As of this writing, the virus

nzpeccMarch 30, 2020

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APEC Collaboration the First-best Strategy to Combat COVID-19, Says Business

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

nzpeccMarch 29, 2020

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Tackling COVID-19 Together: A Bottom-Up Approach to Trade Policy

Simon J. EvenettEconomics Professor at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and Global Trade Alert1 There is growing interest in the positive contribution trade policy could make in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. In part, this reflects the well-founded concern that the effectiveness of health policy responses is being diminished by existing trade barriers and new

nzpeccMarch 28, 2020

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Preferential Trade Agreements Vs. Multilateralism: In The New Trump-World, Does Canada Face An Impossible Choice?

Judit FabianVisiting Researcher, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa International trade is often framed in starkly divergent terms: either economies choose multilateral trade agreements (MTAs) and advance the cause of global economic liberalization, or they choose preferential trade agreements (PTAs) and put the entire system at risk. Canada has a long

nzpeccMarch 27, 2020

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ASEAN-China cooperation in time of COVID-19 pandemic

Jusuf WanandiVice Chair, Board of Trustees, CSIS Foundation andFormer Co-Chair of PECC The year had just begun when news of the coronavirus outbreak shook the world. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic when the new virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, crossed international borders and spread rapidly into many countries of different continents.

nzpeccMarch 26, 2020

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APEC Health Working Group Statement on COVID-19

Reflecting the discussions of the Health Working Group which met at the First APEC Senior Officials Meeting, 7-8 February 2020, Putrajaya, Malaysia Source: APEC News feed

nzpeccMarch 23, 2020

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APEC Announces Postponement of Upcoming Ministerial Meetings

Malaysia, the host of APEC 2020, has announced the postponement of the upcoming Second Senior Officials’ Meeting, the 2020 APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting, and the 2020 APEC Ministers Responsible of Trade Meeting, which were scheduled for April this year. Source: APEC News feed

nzpeccMarch 17, 2020