Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Short description: Economic forum of Asia-Pacific nations

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Member economies of APEC

Headquarters| Singapore
Type| Economic meeting
Membership| 21 economies

* Australia
* Brunei
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Hong Kong
* Indonesia
* Japan
* South Korea
* Malaysia
* Mexico
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Peru
* Philippines
* Russia
* Singapore
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* United States
* Vietnam

Leaders

• Chairperson

|  Joe Biden

• Executive Director

| Rebecca Fatima Santa Maria
Establishment| 1989

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC /ˈeɪpɛk/ AY-pek[1]) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.[2] Following the success of ASEAN's series of post-ministerial conferences launched in the mid-1980s,[3] APEC started in 1989,[4] in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional trade blocs in other parts of the world; it aimed to establish new markets for agricultural products and raw materials beyond Europe.[5] Headquartered in Singapore,[6] APEC is recognized as one of the highest-level multilateral blocs and oldest forums in the Asia-Pacific region,[7] and exerts a significant global influence.[8][9][10][11]

The heads of government of all APEC members except Taiwan (which is represented by a ministerial-level official under the name Chinese Taipei as economic leader)[12] attend an annual APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting. The location of the meeting rotates annually among the member economies, and a famous tradition, followed for most (but not all) summits, involves the attending leaders dressing in a national costume of the host country. APEC has three official observers: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat, the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.[13] APEC's Host Economy of the Year is considered to be invited in the first place for geographical representation to attend G20 meetings following G20 guidelines.[14][15]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Meeting locations
* 2 Member economies
* 2.1 Leaders
* 2.1.1 Current leaders
* 3 Possible enlargement
* 4 Business facilitation
* 4.1 Proposed FTAAP
* 5 APEC Study Centre Consortium
* 6 APEC Business Advisory Council
* 7 Annual APEC economic leaders' meetings
* 7.1 Meeting developments
* 7.2 APEC leaders' group photo
* 7.3 APEC Summits
* 8 Criticism
* 9 See also
* 10 Notes
* 11 References
* 12 Further reading
* 13 External links

## History

File:APEC ABC.ogv The initial inspiration for APEC came when ASEAN's series of post-ministerial conferences, launched in the mid-1980s, had demonstrated the feasibility and value of regular conferences among ministerial-level representatives of both developed and developing economies. By 1996, the post-ministerial conferences had expanded to embrace 12 members (the then six members of ASEAN and its six dialogue partners). The developments led Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke to believe in the necessity of region-wide co-operation on economic matters. In January 1989, Bob Hawke called for more effective economic co-operation across the Pacific Rim region. This led to the first meeting of APEC in the Australian capital of Canberra in November, chaired by Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Gareth Evans. Attended by ministers from twelve countries, the meeting concluded with commitments to hold future annual meetings in Singapore and South Korea. Ten months later, representatives of 12 Asia-Pacific economies met in Canberra, Australia, to establish APEC. The APEC Secretariat, based in Singapore, was established to co-ordinate the activities of the organisation.[4][5]

During the 1994 meeting in Bogor in Indonesia, APEC leaders adopted the Bogor Goals, which aimed for free and open trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific by 2010 for industrialised economies and by 2020 for developing economies. In 1995, APEC established a business advisory body named the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), composed of three business executives from each member-country.

In April 2001, APEC, in collaboration with five other international organisations (Eurostat, IEA, OLADE (es), OPEC and the UNSD) launched the Joint Oil Data Exercise, which in 2005 became the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI).

### Meeting locations

The location of the annual meeting rotates among the members.

Year | # | Dates | Country | City | Host Leader

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1989 | 1st | 6–7 November |  Australia | Canberra | Prime Minister Bob Hawke
1990 | 2nd | 29–31 July |  Singapore | Singapore | Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
1991 | 3rd | 12–14 November |  South Korea | Seoul | President Roh Tae-woo
1992 | 4th | 10–11 September |  Thailand | Bangkok | Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun
1993 | 1st | 19–20 November |  United States | Blake Island | President Bill Clinton
1994 | 2nd | 15–16 November |  Indonesia | Bogor | President Suharto
1995 | 3rd | 18–19 November |  Japan | Osaka | Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama
1996 | 4th | 24–25 November |  Philippines | Subic | President Fidel Ramos
1997 | 5th | 24–25 November |  Canada | Vancouver | Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
1998 | 6th | 17–18 November |  Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
1999 | 7th | 12–13 September |  New Zealand | Auckland | Prime Minister Jenny Shipley
2000 | 8th | 15–16 November |  Brunei | Bandar Seri Begawan | Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
2001 | 9th | 20–21 October |  China | Shanghai | President Jiang Zemin
2002 | 10th | 26–27 October |  Mexico | Los Cabos | President Vicente Fox
2003 | 11th | 20–21 October |  Thailand | Bangkok | Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
2004 | 12th | 20–21 November |  Chile | Santiago | President Ricardo Lagos
2005 | 13th | 18–19 November |  South Korea | Busan | President Roh Moo-hyun
2006 | 14th | 18–19 November |  Vietnam | Hanoi | President Nguyễn Minh Triết
2007 | 15th | 8–9 September |  Australia | Sydney | Prime Minister John Howard
2008 | 16th | 22–23 November |  Peru | Lima | President Alan Garcia Perez
2009 | 17th | 14–15 November |  Singapore | Singapore | Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
2010 | 18th | 13–14 November |  Japan | Yokohama | Prime Minister Naoto Kan
2011 | 19th | 12–13 November |  United States | Honolulu | President Barack Obama
2012 | 20th | 9–10 September |  Russia | Vladivostok | President Vladimir Putin
2013 | 21st | 5–7 October |  Indonesia | Bali | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
2014 | 22nd | 10–11 November |  China | Beijing | President Xi Jinping
2015 | 23rd | 18–19 November |  Philippines | Pasay | President Benigno Aquino III
2016 | 24th | 19–20 November |  Peru | Lima | President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
2017 | 25th | 10–11 November |  Vietnam | Da Nang | President Trần Đại Quang
2018 | 26th | 17–18 November |  Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Prime Minister Peter O'Neill
2019 | ~~27th~~ | 16–17 November
(cancelled) |  Chile | Santiago | President Sebastián Piñera
2020 | 27th | 20 November |  Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur (hosted virtually)[16] | Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
2021 | – | 16 July |  New Zealand | Auckland (hosted virtually) | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
28th | 12 November[17]
2022 | 29th | 18–19 November |  Thailand | Bangkok | Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha[18]
2023 | 30th | TBA |  United States | San Francisco | President Joe Biden[19]
2024 | 31st | TBA |  Peru | Cusco | President Dina Boluarte[18]
2025 | 32nd | TBA |  South Korea | TBA | President Yoon Suk-yeol
2026 | 33rd | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA

## Member economies

Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun with Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and Former U.S. President George W. Bush at APEC 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Currently, APEC has 21 members. The criterion for membership, however, is that each member must be an independent economic entity, rather than a sovereign state. As a result, APEC uses the term member economies rather than member countries to refer to its members. One result of this criterion is that membership of the forum includes Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, participating under the name "Chinese Taipei") alongside People's Republic of China (see Cross-Strait relations), as well as Hong Kong, which entered APEC as a British colony but it is now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. APEC also includes three official observers: ASEAN, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.[2]

Member economy(s)  | Name as used in APEC  | Date of accession  | GDP (Nominal) in 2023
(Millions of United States dollar )[20]

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Australia  | Australia  | November 1989  | 1,707,548
Brunei  | Brunei Darussalam  | November 1989  | 15,988
Canada  | Canada  | November 1989  | 2,089,672
Indonesia  | Indonesia  | November 1989  | 1,391,778
Japan  | Japan  | November 1989  | 4,409,738
South Korea  | Republic of Korea  | November 1989  | 1,721,909
Malaysia  | Malaysia  | November 1989  | 447,026
New Zealand  | New Zealand  | November 1989  | 251,969
Philippines  | The Philippines  | November 1989  | 440,901
Singapore  | Singapore  | November 1989  | 515,548
Thailand  | Thailand  | November 1989  | 574,231
United States  | The United States  | November 1989  | 26,854,599
Taiwan  | Chinese Taipei[lower-alpha 1] | November 1991  | 790,728
Hong Kong  | Hong Kong, China[lower-alpha 2] | November 1991  | 382,854
China  | People's Republic of China  | November 1991  | 19,373,586
Mexico  | Mexico  | November 1993  | 1,663,164
Papua New Guinea  | Papua New Guinea  | November 1993  | 31,362
Chile  | Chile  | November 1994  | 358,557
Peru  | Peru  | November 1998  | 268,235
Russia  | Russia  | November 1998  | 2,062,649
Vietnam  | Viet Nam  | November 1998  | 449,094

### Leaders

Member  | Leader position  | Leader (Leader of the Executive Branch)  | Finance portfolio  | Portfolio Minister

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Australia  | Prime Minister  | Anthony Albanese  | Treasurer  | Jim Chalmers
Brunei  | Sultan  | Hassanal Bolkiah  | Minister of Finance  | Hassanal Bolkiah
Canada  | Prime Minister  | Justin Trudeau  | Minister of Finance  | Chrystia Freeland
Chile  | President  | Gabriel Boric  | Minister of Finance  | Mario Marcel
China  | President / General Secretary[lower-alpha 3] | Xi Jinping | Minister of Finance  | Liu Kun
Hong Kong  | Chief Executive  | John Lee  | Financial Secretary  | Paul Chan
Indonesia  | President  | Joko Widodo  | Minister of Finance  | Sri Mulyani
Japan  | Prime Minister  | Fumio Kishida  | Minister of Finance  | Shunichi Suzuki
South Korea  | President  | Yoon Suk-yeol | Minister of Economy and Finance  | Choo Kyung-ho
Malaysia  | Prime Minister  | Anwar Ibrahim  | Minister of Finance  | Anwar Ibrahim
Mexico  | President  | Andrés Manuel López Obrador  | Secretary of Finance and Public Credit  | Rogelio Ramírez de la O
New Zealand  | Prime Minister  | Chris Hipkins  | Minister of Finance  | Grant Robertson
Papua New Guinea  | Prime Minister  | James Marape  | Minister for Finance and Rural Development  | John Pundari
Peru  | President  | Dina Boluarte  | Minister of Economy and Finance  | Alex Contreras
Philippines  | President  | Bongbong Marcos  | Secretary of Finance  | Benjamin Diokno
Russia  | President  | Vladimir Putin  | Minister of Finance  | Anton Siluanov
Singapore  | Prime Minister  | Lee Hsien Loong  | Minister of Finance  | Lawrence Wong
Taiwan  | President / Presidential Envoy  | Tsai Ing-Wen (represented by Morris Chang)[lower-alpha 1] | Minister of Finance  | Chuang Tsui-yun
Thailand  | Prime Minister  | Prayut Chan-o-cha  | Minister of Finance  | Arkhom Termpittayapaisith
United States  | President  | Joe Biden  | Secretary of the Treasury  | Janet Yellen
Vietnam  | President[lower-alpha 4] | Võ Văn Thưởng  | Ministry of Finance  | Hồ Đức Phớc

#### Current leaders

* Australia
Anthony Albanese,
Prime Minister

* Brunei
Hassanal Bolkiah,
Sultan

* Canada
Justin Trudeau,
Prime Minister

* Chile
Gabriel Boric,
President

* China
Xi Jinping,
President[lower-alpha 3]

* Hong Kong
John Lee,
Chief Executive

* Indonesia
Joko Widodo,
President

* Japan
Fumio Kishida,
Prime Minister

* South Korea
Yoon Suk-yeol,
President

* Malaysia
Anwar Ibrahim,
Prime Minister

* Mexico
Andrés Manuel López Obrador,
President

* New Zealand
Chris Hipkins,
Prime Minister

* Papua New Guinea
James Marape,
Prime Minister

* Peru
Dina Boluarte,
President

* Philippines
Bongbong Marcos,
President

* Russia
Vladimir Putin,
President

* Singapore
Lee Hsien Loong,
Prime Minister

* Taiwan
Tsai Ing-wen, President
(represented by Morris Chang)[lower-alpha 1]

* Thailand
Prayut Chan-o-cha,
Prime Minister

* United States
Joe Biden,
President

* Vietnam
Võ Văn Thưởng,
President[lower-alpha 4]

## Possible enlargement

Current members

Announced interest in membership

India has requested membership in APEC, and received initial support from the United States, Japan,[21] Australia and Papua New Guinea.[22] Officials have decided not to allow India to join for various reasons, including the fact that India does not border the Pacific Ocean, which all current members do.[23] However, India was invited to be an observer for the first time in November 2011.[24]

Bangladesh,[25] Pakistan,[25] Sri Lanka,[25] Macau,[25] Mongolia,[25] Laos,[25] Cambodia,[26] Costa Rica,[27] Colombia,[27][28] Panama,[27] and Ecuador,[29] are among a dozen other economies that have applied for membership in APEC. Colombia applied for APEC's membership as early as in 1995, but its bid was halted as the organisation stopped accepting new members from 1993 to 1996,[30] and the moratorium was further prolonged to 2007 due to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. Guam has also been actively seeking a separate membership, citing the example of Hong Kong, but the request is opposed by the United States, which currently represents Guam.[citation needed]

## Business facilitation

As a regional organization, APEC has always played a leading role in the area of reform initiatives in the area of business facilitation. The APEC Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAPI) has contributed to a reduction of 6% in the cost of business transactions across the region between 2002 and 2006. According to APEC's projections, the cost of conducting business transactions will be reduced by another 5% between 2007 and 2010. To this end, a new Trade Facilitation Action Plan has been endorsed. According to a 2008 research brief published by the World Bank as part of its Trade Costs and Facilitation Project, increasing transparency in the region's trading system is critical if APEC is to meet its Bogor Goal targets.[31] The APEC Business Travel Card, a travel document for visa-free business travel within the region is one of the concrete measures to facilitate business. In May 2010 Russia joined the scheme, thus completing the circle.[32]

### Proposed FTAAP

APEC first formally started discussing the concept of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) at its summit in 2006 in Hanoi. However, the proposal for such an area has been around since at least 1966 and Japanese economist Kiyoshi Kojima [ja]'s proposal for a Pacific Free Trade agreement proposal. While it gained little traction, the idea led to the formation of Pacific Trade and Development Conference and then the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council in 1980 and then APEC in 1989.

In the wake of the 2006 summit, economist C. Fred Bergsten advocated a Free Trade Agreement of Asia-Pacific, including the United States amongst the proposed parties to any agreement at that time.[33] His ideas convinced the APEC Business Advisory Council to support this concept. Relatedly, ASEAN and existing free trade agreement (FTA) partners negotiated the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), not officially including Russia.[34] The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without China or Russia involved became the US-promoted trade negotiation in the region. At the APEC summit in Beijing in 2014, the three plans were all in discussion.[35] President Obama hosted a TPP meeting at the US Embassy in Beijing in advance of the APEC gathering.[36]

The proposal for a FTAAP arose due to the lack of progress in the Doha round of World Trade Organization negotiations, and as a way to overcome the "noodle bowl" effect created by overlapping and conflicting elements of the copious free trade agreements – there were approximately 60 free trade agreements in 2007, with an additional 117 in the process of negotiation in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.[37] In 2012, ASEAN+6 countries alone had 339 free trade agreements – many of which were bilateral.[lower-alpha 5]

The FTAAP is more ambitious in scope than the Doha round, which limits itself to reducing trade restrictions. The FTAAP would create a free trade zone that would considerably expand commerce and economic growth in the region.[37][39] The economic expansion and growth in trade could exceed the expectations of other regional free trade areas such as the ASEAN Plus Three (ASEAN \+ China, South Korea and Japan).[40] Some criticisms include that the diversion of trade within APEC members would create trade imbalances, market conflicts and complications with nations of other regions.[39] The development of the FTAAP is expected to take many years, involving essential studies, evaluations and negotiations between member economies.[37] It is also affected by the absence of political will and popular agitations and lobbying against free trade in domestic politics.[37][41]

At the 2014 APEC summit in Beijing, APEC leaders agreed to launch "a collective strategic study" on the FTAAP and instruct officials to undertake the study, consult stakeholders and report the result by the end of 2016.[42] APEC Executive Director Alan Bollard revealed in the Elite Talk show that FTAAP will be APEC's big goal out into the future.[43]

The Trans-Pacific Partnership included 12 of the 21 APEC members and had provisions for the accession of other APEC members, five of which expressed interest in membership.

## APEC Study Centre Consortium

In 1993, APEC Leaders decided to establish a network of APEC Study Centres (APCs) among universities and research institutions in member economies. The purpose is to foster cooperation among tertiary and research institutes of member economies, thus having better academic collaboration on key regional economic challenges. To encourage independence from the APEC conference, the APCs are funded independently and choose their own research topics.[44]

As of December 2018, there are 70 APCs among the member economies. An annual conference is usually held in the host economy for that year.[44]

## APEC Business Advisory Council

The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) was created by the APEC Economic Leaders in November 1995 with the aim of providing advice to the APEC Economic Leaders on ways to achieve the Bogor Goals and other specific business sector priorities, and to provide the business perspective on specific areas of co-operation.[45][46]

Each economy nominates up to three members from the private sector to ABAC. These business leaders represent a wide range of industry sectors. ABAC provides an annual report to APEC Economic Leaders containing recommendations to improve the business and investment environment in the Asia-Pacific region, and outlining business views about priority regional issues. ABAC is also the only non-governmental organisation that is on the official agenda of the APEC Economic Leader's Meeting.[47]

## Annual APEC economic leaders' meetings

Since its formation in 1989, APEC has held annual meetings with representatives from all member economies. The first four annual meetings were attended by ministerial-level officials. Beginning in 1993, the annual meetings are named APEC Economic Leaders' Meetings and are attended by the heads of government from all member economies except Taiwan, which is represented by a ministerial-level official. Despite a similar nature, the annual Leaders' Meetings are not called summits.

### Meeting developments

In 1997, the APEC meeting was held in Vancouver . Controversy arose after officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police used pepper spray against protesters. The protesters objected to the presence of autocratic leaders such as Indonesian president Suharto.[48][49][50][51][52][53]

At the 2001 Leaders' Meeting in Shanghai, APEC leaders pushed for a new round of trade negotiations and support for a program of trade capacity-building assistance, leading to the launch of the Doha Development Agenda a few weeks later. The meeting also endorsed the Shanghai Accord proposed by the United States, emphasising the implementation of open markets, structural reform, and capacity building. As part of the accord, the meeting committed to develop and implement APEC transparency standards, reduce trade transaction costs in the Asia-Pacific region by 5 percent over 5 years, and pursue trade liberalisation policies relating to information technology goods and services.

In 2003, Jemaah Islamiah leader Riduan Isamuddin had planned to attack the APEC Leaders Meeting to be held in Bangkok in October. He was captured in the city of Ayutthaya, Thailand by Thai police on 11 August 2003, before he could finish planning the attack.

Chile became the first South American nation to host the Leaders' Meeting in 2004. The agenda of that year was focused on terrorism and commerce, small and medium enterprise development, and contemplation of free agreements and regional trade agreements.

The 2005 Leaders' Meeting was held in Busan, South Korea. The meeting focused on the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, leading up to the WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 held in Hong Kong in December. Weeks earlier, trade negotiations in Paris were held between several WTO members, including the United States and the European Union, centred on reducing agricultural trade barriers. APEC leaders at the summit urged the European Union to agree to reduce farm subsidies. In a continuation of the climate information sharing initiative established by the APEC Climate Network working group, it was decided by the leaders to install the APEC Climate Center in Busan. Peaceful protests against APEC were staged in Busan, but the meeting schedule was not affected.

At the Leaders' Meeting held on 19 November 2006 in Hanoi, APEC leaders called for a new start to global free-trade negotiations while condemning terrorism and other threats to security. APEC also criticised North Korea for conducting a nuclear test and a missile test launch that year, urging the country to take "concrete and effective" steps toward nuclear disarmament. Concerns about nuclear proliferation in the region was discussed in addition to economic topics. The United States and Russia signed an agreement as part of Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization.

The APEC Australia 2007 Leaders' Meeting was held in Sydney from 2–9 September 2007. The political leaders agreed to an "aspirational goal" of a 25% reduction of energy intensity correlative with economic development.[54] Extreme security measures including airborne sharpshooters and extensive steel-and-concrete barricades were deployed against anticipated protesters and potential terrorists. However, protest activities were peaceful and the security envelope was penetrated with ease by a spoof diplomatic motorcade manned by members of the Australian television program The Chaser, one of whom was dressed to resemble the Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The APEC Chile 2019, originally to be held 16–17 November 2019 in Chile, was cancelled due to ongoing protests by sections of its population over inequality, the cost of living and police repression.[55]

### APEC leaders' group photo

At the end of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, the leaders gather for the official APEC Leaders' Family Photo. A tradition has the leaders dressing to reflect the culture of the host member. The tradition dates to the first such meeting in 1993 when then-U.S. President Bill Clinton insisted on informal attire and gave the leaders leather bomber jackets. At the 2010 meeting, Japan had the leaders dress in smart casual rather than the traditional kimono.[56] Similarly, when Honolulu was selected in 2009 as the site for the 2011 APEC meeting, U.S. President Barack Obama joked that he looked forward to seeing the leaders dressed in "flowered shirts and grass skirts". After viewing previous photos, and concerned that having the leaders dress in aloha shirts might give the wrong impression during a period of economic austerity, Obama instead decided it might be time to end the tradition. Leaders were given a specially designed aloha shirt as a gift but were not expected to wear it for the photo.[57] Leaders in Bali, Indonesia at the 2013 conference wore a batik outfit; in China 2014 Tang suit jackets; in the Philippines 2015 Barong Tagalogs; in Peru 2016 vicuña wool shawls; in 2017 Vietnamese silk shirts.[58]

* APEC United States 1993

* APEC Brunei 2000

* APEC China 2001

* APEC Thailand 2003

* APEC Chile 2004

* APEC South Korea 2005

* APEC Vietnam 2006

* APEC Australia 2007

* APEC Peru 2008

* APEC Singapore 2009

* APEC Japan 2010

* APEC United States 2011

* APEC Russia 2012

* APEC Indonesia 2013

* APEC China 2014

* APEC Philippines 2015

* APEC Peru 2016

* APEC Vietnam 2017

* APEC Papua New Guinea 2018

### APEC Summits

* APEC Australia 1989
* APEC Singapore 1990
* APEC South Korea 1991
* APEC Thailand 1992
* APEC United States 1993
* APEC Indonesia 1994
* APEC Japan 1995
* APEC Philippines 1996
* APEC Canada 1997
* APEC Malaysia 1998
* APEC New Zealand 1999
* APEC Brunei 2000
* APEC China 2001
* APEC Mexico 2002
* APEC Thailand 2003
* APEC Chile 2004
* APEC South Korea 2005
* APEC Vietnam 2006
* APEC Australia 2007
* APEC Peru 2008
* APEC Singapore 2009
* APEC Japan 2010
* APEC United States 2011
* APEC Russia 2012
* APEC Indonesia 2013
* APEC China 2014
* APEC Philippines 2015
* APEC Peru 2016
* APEC Vietnam 2017
* APEC Papua New Guinea 2018
* APEC Chile 2019
* APEC Malaysia 2020
* APEC New Zealand 2021
* APEC Thailand 2022
* APEC United States 2023

## Criticism

APEC has been criticised for promoting free trade agreements that would impose restrictions on national and local laws, which regulate and ensure labour rights, environmental protection and safe and affordable access to medicine.[59] According to the organisation, it is "the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region" established to "further enhance economic growth and prosperity for the region and to strengthen the Asia-Pacific community".[60] The effectiveness and fairness of its role has been questioned, especially from the viewpoints of European countries that cannot take part in APEC[61] and Pacific Island nations that cannot participate but stand to be affected by its decisions.

## See also

* Anti-corruption
* ASEAN Free Trade Area
* Asia-Europe Meeting
* Asia-Pacific Trade Agreements Database
* East Asia Economic Caucus
* East Asia Summit
* List of country groupings
* List of multilateral free-trade agreements
* Pacific Alliance
* Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
* University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific

Other organisations of coastal states

* Bay of Bengal Initiative
* Black Sea Economic Cooperation
* Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation
* Union for the Mediterranean

## Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Due to the complexities of the relations between it and Communist China (officially the People's Republic of China), the Republic of China (ROC or "Taiwan"; retroactively known as Nationalist China) is not represented under its official various names such as the "Republic of China", "Nationalist China" or "Taiwan". Instead, it participates in APEC under the name "Chinese Taipei". The President of the Republic of China cannot attend the annual APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in person. Instead, it is generally represented by a ministerial-level official responsible for economic affairs or someone designated by the president. See List of Chinese Taipei Representatives to APEC.
2. ↑ Hong Kong joined APEC in 1991 during British administration with the name "Hong Kong." In 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and took the name "Hong Kong, China."
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The de jure head of government of China is the Premier, whose current holder is Li Qiang. The President of China is legally a ceremonial office, but the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (de facto leader in one-party communist state) has always held this office since 1993 except for the months of transition, and the current general secretary is Xi Jinping.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The de jure head of government of Vietnam is the Prime Minister, whose current holder is Phạm Minh Chính. The President of Vietnam is legally the head of state, but the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (de facto leader in one-party communist state) has held this office from 2018 to 2021, and the current general secretary is Nguyễn Phú Trọng.
5. ↑ "As of January 2012 ASEAN countries have 186 FTAs implemented, signed, under negotiation or under proposal/study, which is substantial progress since… 1992. The ASEAN+6 countries have a total of 339 FTAs, including between ASEAN countries and the '+6' countries."[38]

## References

1. ↑ "What is APEC?". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ABWwQg-CwY.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Member Economies" (in en). https://www.apec.org/about-us/about-apec/member-economies.
3. ↑ "PECC – Back to Canberra: Founding APEC". http://www.pecc.org/resources/doc_view/601-back-to-canberra-founding-apec. "ASEAN's series of post-ministerial consultations,launched in the mid-1980s, had demonstrated the feasibility and value of regular consultations among ministerial-level representatives of both developed and developing economies."
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "History". https://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/History. "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, Australia, to establish APEC."
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Back to Canberra: Founding APEC". https://www.pecc.org/resources/regional-cooperation/601-back-to-canberra-founding-apec/file.
6. ↑ "What is APEC and what can it do for business?". http://www.ncapec.org/docs/what_is_apec.pdf. "The APEC Secretariat is based in Singapore. The Secretariat is staffed by 20 diplomats seconded from APEC member economies and by 20 local staff."
7. ↑ Chu, Shulong (1 February 2017). "The East Asia Summit: Looking for an Identity". https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/the-east-asia-summit-looking-for-an-identity/. "APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) is the oldest such forum and is generally recognized as the highest-level multilateral process in Asia-Pacific."
8. ↑ "Achievements and Benefits". https://www.apec.org/About-Us/About-APEC/Achievements-and-Benefits.
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## Further reading

* Alkan, Abdulkadir (2014). "APEC 2014: Better diplomatic ties for better economic relations". Daily Sabah. http://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2014/11/15/apec-2014-better-diplomatic-ties-for-better-economic-relations.
* Fazzone, Patrick B. (2012). "The Trans-Pacific Partnership—Towards a Free Trade Agreement of Asia Pacific?". Georgetown Journal of International Law 43 (3): 695–743. ISSN 1550-5200.

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