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APEC Business Travel Card to be Further Modernized
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 1:53 pm | APEC
What: Efforts to modernize the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card – which allows card-holders multiple-entry short-term business travel among APEC economies – are underway. The modernization is in in response to the ... More >>
Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
Saturday, 2 March 2019, 6:30 pm | APEC
Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing to Reduce Poverty and Food Insecurity Issued by the Oceans and Fisheries Working Group Santiago, Chile, 1 March 2019 What: Representatives of APEC economies aim to raise global public awareness ... More >>
APEC Agrees Priorities for 2019
Saturday, 15 December 2018, 12:13 pm | APEC
“ We are committed to a new vision for APEC, one where we achieve full integration and where sectors that have lagged behind can benefit from integration, such as small- and medium-sized businesses and women,” said President Sebastian Piñera at the ... More >>
Prime Minister O’Neill Issues Era Kone Statement
Saturday, 24 November 2018, 11:21 am | APEC
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill issued a statement following the 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting . More >>
APEC Leaders Face Challenges Together for Stronger Growth
Sunday, 18 November 2018, 2:54 pm | APEC
Leaders of the 21 APEC member economies opened their annual meeting to take sustained collective action to strengthen Asia-Pacific trade for greater growth and prosperity for all. More >>
PM O’Neill to Private Sector: Invest in Digital, Innovate
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 11:00 am | APEC
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill encouraged the Asia-Pacific business community to invest in infrastructure that will increase digital access, a fundamental driver of inclusive growth. More >>
9 Things Prime Minister O’Neill said at APEC
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 10:59 am | APEC
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill delivered remarks in front of local and visiting members of the business community in Port Moresby on Friday, kicking off a two-day summit that brings together the region’s leaders and the private sector ahead of ... More >>
Top Malaysia Civil Servant to Lead APEC Secretariat
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 4:30 pm | APEC
During their meeting on Thursday in Papua New Guinea, APEC Ministers welcomed the successful selection and appointment of Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, former Secretary-General of Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry ... More >>
Finance Ministers Confront Mounting Disaster Risk
Monday, 22 October 2018, 6:30 pm | APEC
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 22 October 2018 – APEC Finance Ministers are strengthening their disaster risk financing and insurance regimes. They are intent on mitigating the torrent of natural catastrophes putting lives and economies in the Asia-Pacific ... More >>
Should We Regulate the Digital Economy?
Saturday, 20 October 2018, 11:42 am | APEC
Online platforms that are changing the business landscape and driving growth often play by a different rulebook. More >>
PM O'Neill to Finance Ministers: Accelerate Breakthroughs
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 1:38 pm | APEC
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 18 October 2018 – Against the backdrop of rising trade and debt risk, finance ministers from APEC member economies convened this week in Port Moresby to determine policy measures for ensuring growth in the changing ... More >>
APEC Finance Ministers Issue Joint Statement
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 11:35 am | APEC
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 17 October 2018 Finance Ministers from the APEC member economies issued a joint statement reflecting the outcomes of the APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Port Moresby chaired by Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister ... More >>
Op-Ed: A Decade of Disruption Comes Home to Roost
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 4:20 pm | APEC
By Dr Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 2002-2012. More >>
APEC Races to Contain Disaster Shocks
Monday, 1 October 2018, 2:32 pm | APEC
As Typhoon Trami barrels up the Pacific, officials from APEC member economies are racing to mitigate the explosion of climate-driven catastrophes that are putting tens of millions of lives in the Asia-Pacific at risk and the rattled trading landscape ... More >>
APEC Builds Disruption-Ready Small Business Trade
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 10:13 am | APEC
Officials from the APEC member economies are breaking new ground in their support for small business development in the Asia-Pacific, seeking to ensure balanced trade growth and job creation as disruptions across the regional landscape intensify. More >>
Ministers Ignite Mining Sustainability Amid Sector Rumblings
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 4:32 pm | APEC
Mining Ministers from APEC member economies are breaking ground on next generation growth for the industry and the millions that depend on it in the Asia-Pacific rocked by the disruptive landscape. More >>
APEC Advances Trade Vision Relevant to the Times
Monday, 20 August 2018, 8:45 pm | APEC
APEC Senior Officials have concluded a timely cluster of trade and sectoral meetings in Port Moresby with signs of momentum towards addressing near and long-term challenges heading into a set of pivotal Minister-level meetings. More >>
Putting People at the Center of Health Care
Saturday, 18 August 2018, 11:50 am | APEC
A question was raised at the start of APEC’s annual High-Level Meeting on Health & the Economy this August in Port Moresby: why does a forum dedicated to regional economic integration hold forums dedicated to health? More >>
APEC Makes Progress on Structural Reform
Friday, 17 August 2018, 6:28 pm | APEC
APEC economies continue to make progress in implementing structural reforms meant to expand opportunities and promote inclusion across the Asia-Pacific. More >>
How e-Commerce Can Thrive in Places with No Power
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 1:55 pm | APEC
How e-Commerce Can Thrive in Places with No Power or Internet Papua New Guinea’s central bank trials blockchain tech to boost financial inclusion More >>
