APEC NEWS RELEASE Issued by The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Asia-Pacific business leaders are urging APEC governments to work together to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and to adopt a strong Vision that demonstrates APEC members’ collective commitment to...
On 15 November New Zealand and 14 other Asian economies signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a big new free trade agreement covering 30% of the world’s economy. You can see our press release welcoming RCEP here. You can find out...
Putrajaya, Malaysia 27 October 2020 VIRTUAL MINISTERIAL POLICY DIALOGUE ON FOOD SECURITY STATEMENT ON COVID-19 We, the APEC Ministers, and high-level representatives responsible for food security, met virtually on 27 October 2020 for a Ministerial Policy Dialogue on...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 25 July 2020 We, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) recall the APEC MRT Statement on COVID-19 issued on 5 May 2020, and reaffirm our commitment to effectively mitigate the economic impact of the...
APEC NEWS RELEASE Issued byThe APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) 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 in a credible, relevant and...
APEC NEWS RELEASE Issued byThe APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Business leaders from the Asia-Pacific are set to present to APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) COVID-19 Report, which contains the Council’s...
ANZFL Media Release - Friday 5 June 2020 An alliance of Australasian experts has lodged a comprehensive blueprint for the resumption of ‘safe’ trans-Tasman travel with the New Zealand and Australian Prime Ministers, recommending multiple layers of protection to be...
3 June 2020 The Cairns Group Farm Leaders representing Australia, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand and Uruguay issued the following statement: "Free, fair and open trade between nations under an international rules-based system is key to ensuring food security is not...
ANZLF Media Release, 27 May 2020 A proposed blueprint into how safe trans-Tasman travel could re-open is advancing fast, with a draft to be presented to New Zealand and Australian governments for consideration in early June. Over the past two weeks, a diverse team of...
ANZLF Media Release 5 May 2020 Plans for re-opening trans-Tasman travel are gathering momentum with the establishment of a new business-led expert group to investigate and develop recommended solutions for the safe reopening of borders between Australia and New...