It’s been a busy but tough year for trade. Read our end-of-year roundup by Executive Director Stephen Jacobi.
AMIDST THE STORM: ABAC MEETS IN AUCKLAND
Remove Perhaps a cyclone was after all a fitting backdrop for the meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) which was held in Auckland on 12-14 February – the global environment against which the meeting took place is decidedly stormy. In the event...
QUEUING FOR CPTPP
Are latest announcements of intended memberships a shot in the arm for the Trans Pacific trade deal – or a spanner in the works? Way back at turn of the century the idea of what was to become the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) was but a glint in the eye of New...
A strong, relevant and credible WTO is needed to build back better from COVID, say Asia-Pacific Business Leaders
Remove APEC Business Advisory Council11 May 2021 Asia-Pacific business leaders, meeting virtually this week in the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC),have released a Statement in support of the WTO. “The WTO is the foundation of decades of prosperity for our region...
APEC in PNG: Putting the “P” in Asia Pacific
Remove Leaders, Ministers, senior officials and business people from the 21 economies from APEC – Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation – gather this week in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, the first time this Pacific economy has hosted. Trade, investment,...
