- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEC High Level Dialogue of Anti- Corruption Cooperation (AHDAC) 29 July - 01 August 2025 Incheon, Republic of Korea
- About APEC
What Does APEC Do? APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region
- History - APEC
The idea of APEC was firstly publicly broached by former prime minister of Australia Bob Hawke during a speech in Seoul, Korea, on 31 January 1989 Ten months later, 12 Asia-Pacific economies met in Canberra to establish APEC
- 2024 APEC Ministerial Meeting
1 We, the APEC Ministers, met in Lima, Peru, on November 14, 2024, chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Elmer Schialer and Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Ms Desilú León
- Achievements and Benefits - APEC
APEC has grown to become a dynamic engine of economic growth and one of the most important regional forums in the Asia-Pacific Its 21 member economies are home to around 2 95 billion people and represent approximately 62 percent of world GDP and 48 percent of world trade in 2021
- 2025 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Joint Statement
Taking inspiration from Korea's APEC 2025 theme "Building a Sustainable Tomorrow", we have advanced APEC’s agenda through three thematic priorities: Connectivity through Multilateral Trading System, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Innovation for Trade Facilitation, and Prosperity through Sustainable Trade
- 2024 APEC Leaders Machu Picchu Declaration
We reaffirm our commitment to the APEC Food Security Roadmap Towards 2030 focusing on achieving food security across the Asia-Pacific region by promoting open, fair, transparent, productive, sustainable, resilient, innovative, and inclusive agri-food systems
- Ichma Statement on A New Look at the Free Trade Area of the Asia . . .
Twenty years after the concept of the FTAAP was proposed by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), we share the view that it is time to assess how APEC’s FTAAP agenda can address changes in the evolving international trade landscape
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