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- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEC Senior Officials Forge Common Ground ahead of Leaders’ Meeting Gyeongju, Republic of Korea | 27 October 2025
- 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
- How APEC Operates
The Project Database contains information about all APEC projects Member economies also provide considerable resources to assist the operation of APEC These include the secondment of professional staff to the Secretariat; the hosting of meetings; and partial or full funding of some projects
- Frequently Asked Questions - APEC
The APEC Secretariat serves as the core support mechanism for the APEC process, providing procedural guidance, coordination, information and public outreach services
- News Releases - APEC
APEC economies are stepping up efforts to close the women’s health financing gap through stronger cross-sector collaboration, following the APEC Smart Families Workshop on Innovative Financing for Women’s Health held recently in Incheon
- 2024 APEC Ministerial Meeting
These efforts build on previous APEC achievements and seek to respond to the needs and aspirations of our people, while strengthening APEC as the premier forum for economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region
- Free Trade Agreements and Regional Trading Agreements - APEC
APEC recognizes the important role Regional Trading Agreements (RTAs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) play in trade liberalisation in the APEC region
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