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Innovation, collaboration vital for greater sea toll program

- by operating scheduled and subsidized freighters. The program had been targeted to narrow the wide gap in terms of ...

APEC pushes bold, practical trade policies amid uncertainties

APEC senior officials are convening to push for bold and practical trade policies aimed at driving recovery as ...

Jacinda Ardern to chair APEC Informal Leaders' Retreat on COVID-19

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern will chair a meeting of APEC Leaders on July 16 focused on the COVID-19 ...

Customs at forefront in enabling COVID-19 vaccination roll-out: APEC

Customs officials from APEC member economies joined forces to support the region's recovery efforts by developing a ...

Tackling pandemic must remain priority, business leaders to APEC

Unrestricted trade in vaccines and medical supplies can help tackle the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

APEC senior officials press bold trade agenda before ministers meeting

Senior officials from 21 APEC members deliberated on an array of proposals for bold and concrete trade initiatives on ...

APEC trade ministers' meeting to prioritize vaccines, essential goods

The upcoming APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) meeting on June 5 will focus on trade's vital role in ...

APEC releases compilation of economic response, recovery initiatives

The APEC Secretariat has released a compilation of initiatives that the forum has undertaken since the beginning of the ...

APEC accelerates regional response to COVID-19, boost recovery

Senior officials from 21 APEC member economies are convening virtually to speed up regional response to the protracted ...

Asia-Pacific businesses press for unified action to battle pandemic

Business leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific economies, at this week’s virtual meeting, discussed ways to unitedly ...

Collaboration in chemical industry pivotal to COVID response, recovery

The APEC Chemical Dialogue bolstered cooperation on regulatory affairs to facilitate trade in essential goods and ...

Implementation of Vietnam's priorities, initiatives to AEC reviewed

The implementation of priorities and initiatives proposed by Vietnam, as chair of ASEAN 2020 to the ASEAN Economic ...

Open, predictable trade environment key to food security: APEC

Agriculture and food ministers and senior representatives from APEC’s 21 member economies have pressed for ...

Indonesia is targeting to meet 70 pct of medical supplies domestically

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan highlighted Indonesia’s target to ...

APEC to intensify structural reform efforts for economic recovery

Economic experts and officials from APEC member economies are pressing ahead with structural reform efforts to expedite ...