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News Conference by PM John Howard On APEC 2007
Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 3:26 pm | APEC
The Australian Prime Minister and Chair of the 15th APEC Leaders’ Meeting, Hon. John Howard MP, held a news conference in Sydney on September 3, 2007, to discuss preparations for APEC meetings this week. More >>
Colourful Sydney & A First Class Welcome For APEC
Sunday, 2 September 2007, 3:22 pm | APEC
A kaleidoscope of colour across Sydney's CBD will welcome over 4,000 leaders, senior officials, foreign and trade ministers, business leaders and over 1,500 media as they gather for APEC from 2-9 September. More >>
NZ's Economic Reforms Cited in Independent Review
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 5:14 pm | APEC
Cairns, Australia, July 3, 2007 -- An independent review of New Zealand’s progress to achieve its APEC free trade and investment goals has noted New Zealand’s regulatory environment as being amongst the best in the world. More >>
NZ Minister Comments from APEC Ministerial Meeting
Monday, 12 March 2007, 11:01 am | APEC
Hobart, Australia, March 10, 2007 -- The 14th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministers Meeting concluded in Hobart today with APEC economies anticipated to receive benefits from the agreed outcomes across a range of areas. More >>
Sound Bites from the APEC Trading Ideas Symposium
Friday, 2 February 2007, 1:42 pm | APEC
Sydney, Australia, February 2, 2007 -- The Chair of the Maori Trademarks Advisory Council of New Zealand, Ms. Karen Te-O-Kahurangi Waaka, has presented her views on emerging challenges in the intellectual property (IP) environment at the APEC Trading ... More >>
Issued by the APEC Trading Ideas Symposium
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 4:54 pm | APEC
Sydney, Australia, February 1, 2007 -- An agreement signed at the Trading Ideas Symposium in Sydney this week will further boost Australian exports to Thailand and throughout APEC, according to Bob Baldwin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, ... More >>
Future of Intellectual Property in Asia-Pacific
Wednesday, 31 January 2007, 5:04 pm | APEC
Sydney, Australia, January 31, 2007 -- More that five hundred leading intellectual property (IP) policy officials, business executives, patent attorneys, legal professionals and inventors have concluded one of the largest IP symposiums ever held in the APEC ... More >>
APEC: Energy Security, Behind-the-Border Barriers
Sunday, 31 December 2006, 2:51 pm | APEC
Singapore, December 30, 2006 -- The incoming Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat expects APEC to make important progress in 2007 on key global economic issues as Australia becomes APEC host for the year. More >>
APEC Leaders’ Meeting Concludes
Monday, 20 November 2006, 10:24 am | APEC
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, November 19, 2006 -- The 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting concluded successfully with the second retreat today. In their annual two-day meeting chaired by Viet Nam’s President Nguyen Minh Triet, Leaders of 21 APEC economies ... More >>
APEC Leaders’ Statement on the WTO DDA Released
Sunday, 19 November 2006, 1:29 pm | APEC
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, November 18, 2006 -- APEC Leaders have released a statement on the Doha Development Agenda round of World Trade Organization negotiations. More >>
APEC Leaders and Ministers Meetings Next Week
Friday, 10 November 2006, 11:05 am | APEC
Leaders, Ministers, senior business representatives and government officials from APEC’s 21 Member Economies will meet next week in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, for some of the most important meetings of the annual global political calendar. More >>
Businesses to Profit from International Symposium
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 10:24 am | APEC
Businesses expanding into overseas markets in the APEC region will benefit from Australia's most significant intellectual property convention. More >>
NZ leader to Attend Major Symposium in Australia
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 9:31 am | APEC
News Release Issued by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Intellectual Property Rights Experts’ Group More >>
NZ Representative at APEC SME Ministerial Meeting
Saturday, 30 September 2006, 2:35 pm | APEC
Ha No, Viet Nam, September 29, 2006 -- Roger Wigglesworth, from New Zealand’s Ministry of Economic Development, attended the 13th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Ministers’ Meeting this week in Ha Noi. More >>
NZ Chair Appointed to APEC Economic Committee
Monday, 25 September 2006, 11:34 am | APEC
Ha Noi, Viet Nam, September 24, 2006 -- Professor Bob Buckle from New Zealand has been selected as the new Chair of the APEC Economic Committee starting in 2007. More >>
Australia Hosts Apec Pandemic Influenza Exercise
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 2:56 pm | APEC
All 21 member economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) will take part in a major exercise on 7 June 2006 to test and strengthen regional communication networks in the event of an influenza pandemic. More >>
APEC Trade Ministers statement on Doha Round
Tuesday, 6 June 2006, 9:19 am | APEC
We, the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade, gathering for our 12th Meeting in Ho Chi Minh city, Viet Nam, strongly re-affirm our economies' commitment to the multilateral trading system and to a successful conclusion of the WTO Doha Development Agenda ... More >>