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APEC Promotes Small Businesses & Patient Health with New Business Ethics Vision
APEC strengthens its commitment to push for patient health and cross-border trade with the launch of a bold, new vision for the next five...
Regional Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: An Evaluation
The World Bank defines a regional trade agreement (RTA) as a “treaty between two or more governments that define the rules of trade for...
Step Up Structural Reform Efforts for Economic Recovery
Economic experts and officials from APEC member economies are pressing ahead with structural reform efforts in a bid to accelerate post-pandemic economic recovery and...
APEC Announces Nominations for 2020 Science Prize
Twelve young scientists across 21 APEC member economies are tackling biodiversity challenges and they have been nominated for this year’s APEC Science Prize for...
WTO Fundamental to Economic Recovery and Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Asia-Pacific business leaders from the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), meeting virtually this week, called on the region’s Trade Ministers to take the lead...
As the Pandemic Pushes More Consumers Online, Small Businesses Need to Go Online
The impact of COVID-19 containment measures has brought more consumers online and subsequently urged firms, especially small businesses, to go digital, according to the...
COVID-19 Crisis Deepens Contraction in the APEC Region
A new updated report from the APEC Policy Support Unit finds that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing a deeper contraction to the region’s economy....
COVID-19 Hastens Automation, New APEC Report Finds
The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the adoption of automation by firms and organizations across the region, according to a new policy brief by the...
Safeguarding Food Security with Open Trade Policies
APEC member economies should adopt an open trade policy to safeguard food security in the region amid the COVID-19 pandemic, says a new policy...
Reforms Needed to Future-Proof Tourism Industry
Tourism officials from APEC’s member economies are advancing cooperation in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic to the tourism industry and charting the...