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COVID-19 Trade Challenges A Chance To Refresh Asia-Pacific Integration: Report
Saturday, 14 May 2022, 5:14 pm | APEC
There is no better time than now for APEC member economies to revive the work on integrating the Asia-Pacific, being the most dynamic region in the world, and bringing new energy to the long-term prospect of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific or ... More >>
Push From Private Sector Essential To Accelerate Regional Integration And Address Challenges: APEC
Friday, 29 April 2022, 5:59 am | APEC
Issued by the APEC Secretariat Vancouver, Canada, 28 April 2022 “A resolute push from the private sector provides the much-needed tailwinds for policymakers to move efforts in advancing regional economic integration, inclusivity, the digital economy ... More >>
APEC Science Prize Calls For Economic, Environmental, And Social Goals
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 7:59 pm | APEC
Issued by the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology, and Innovation Singapore, 29 March 2022 APEC is now accepting nominations for the 2022 APEC Science Price for Innovation, Research and Education, or ASPIRE, which promotes scientific excellence ... More >>
Finance Officials Focus On Sustainability And Digital Economy
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 6:17 pm | APEC
Finance and central bank deputies are convening to deliberate on policy recommendations to support the transition to sustainable finance and commit to more sustainable economic growth. Under the 2022 Finance Ministers’ Process theme of “Advancing Digitalization, ... More >>
APEC Healthy Women Healthy Economy Prize Accepting Applications
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 7:27 pm | APEC
Issued by the APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy Singapore, 10 March 2022 The annual APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize is now accepting applications for outstanding research work that strives to improve women’s health ... More >>
Thailand Announces Dates For APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting
Friday, 4 March 2022, 6:57 am | APEC
Issued by the APEC Secretariat Singapore, 3 March 2022 Thailand, the host of APEC 2022, announced that the annual APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting will take place on 18 and 19 November in Bangkok. The announcement was made after the conclusion ... More >>
APEC Propels Regional Integration, Connectivity And Sustainability
Friday, 25 February 2022, 7:17 pm | APEC
Issued by the 2022 APEC Senior Officials' Meeting Bangkok, Thailand, 25 February 2022 Senior officials from 21 member economies pushed forward APEC’s work to reinvigorate regional economic integration, reconnect the region and reassure sustainability for ... More >>
APEC To Strengthen Food Security, Safeguard The Environment
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 4:59 pm | APEC
Food security, food safety and sustainable agriculture development have long been concerns in Asia-Pacific, and as the region works to overcome the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, APEC is advancing actions to ensure that people do not ... More >>
APEC Takes Steps To Reconnect The Region, Deepen Regional Integration
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 6:39 am | APEC
As economies learn to live with COVID-19, and as demand to travel is expected to make a steady comeback this year, APEC is taking the lead to pave a calibrated and measured way of reconnecting the dynamic region of the Asia-Pacific. In his address ... More >>
APEC Sees Surge In Trade, Grows Double-Digits Despite Disruptions
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:51 pm | APEC
Home to half of world trade, the APEC region posted double-digit growth both in trade volume and value during the period of January to September 2021, according to an update to an APEC Policy Support Unit report. The volume of APEC’s merchandise ... More >>
The Future Of Work Is About People, Not Tech: Report
Monday, 20 December 2021, 8:30 pm | APEC
Issued by the APEC Economic Committee Hong Kong, China, 20 December 2021 The future of work—with advanced technologies and new working arrangements—is here and is changing economic opportunities and employment relationships. However, according ... More >>
Thinking Big, Scientist Works To Improve Nutrition For Local People
Friday, 10 December 2021, 6:37 am | APEC
For dietician Jessica Bogard, helping people overcome disease and illness was frustrating work. Although encouraging patients improve their diet was critical to their recovery, she felt change was needed on a much bigger scale. “I couldn’t help but think ... More >>
Airport Gate Innovators Win Prize To Help Get People Moving Again
Monday, 6 December 2021, 3:49 pm | APEC
When Faisal Ariff and his team began developing automated airport gates seven years ago, their intent was simply to speed up the process of going through immigration. Back then standing in long immigration queues was considered to be an inconvenience. ... More >>
APEC’s Agenda In 2022
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 6:23 am | APEC
Issued by the Informal APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting Phuket, Thailand, 3 December 2021 “We need to rethink our approach and adopt a future growth model that creates a paradigm shift and addresses the inherent inequalities and imbalances that render ... More >>
Sta Maria Reappointed As APEC Secretariat Executive Director
Monday, 15 November 2021, 6:59 pm | APEC
Issued by the APEC Secretariat Singapore, 15 November 2021 Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria has been reappointed Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, the coordinating and technical advisory body for advancing the joint initiatives of the 21 APEC member ... More >>
APEC Leaders Issue Declaration
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 6:02 am | APEC
Issued by the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting Wellington, New Zealand, 12 November 2021 The leaders of the 21 APEC member economies concluded the 2021 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Friday by adopting a declaration under the theme of Join, Work, ... More >>
PM Ardern Rallies APEC Leaders On COVID Response, Climate Change
Saturday, 13 November 2021, 6:01 am | APEC
Wellington, New Zealand, 12 November 2021 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opened the 2021 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Friday by reaffirming her confidence in multilateral cooperation as leaders look to emerge together from the global crisis ... More >>
Prime Minister Ardern Calls For Cooperation To Achieve Recovery
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 3:22 pm | APEC
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for political and business leaders to work together to build a strong, equitable and sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Delivering the keynote address to a global business audience ... More >>
Make Decisions With The Next Generations In Mind, Urges Prime Minister Ardern
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:11 pm | APEC
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accepted the APEC Voices of the Future 2021 youth declaration in her role as APEC 2021 Chair on Wednesday. She has acknowledged the work of young people around the region to join together and produce a declaration ... More >>
APEC Ministers Announce Digital Prosperity Award Winner
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 4:40 pm | APEC
This year, the Digital Prosperity Award recognizes the APEC Traveller App built by an exceptional team of developers from Malaysia whose winning digital tool focused on supporting the resumption of tourism—an essential sector for economic recovery ... More >>
