APEC Trade Ministers adopt Qingdao Statement
APEC Trade Ministers concluded their two-day meeting on Sunday by issuing a Qingdao Statement describing actions for improving trade and economic growth across the Asia-Pacific. The Statement includes the following chapters:
- The Global Economy: An Asia-Pacific Partnership that Looks into the Future and Beyond the Region
- Continuing Support for the Multilateral Trading System
- Advancing Regional Economic Integration
- Bogor Goals
- Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP)
- Global Value Chain
- Supply Chain Connectivity
- Next Generation Trade and Investment Issues
- Environmental Goods and Services
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Services
- Investment
- Industry Dialogues
- Regulatory Cooperation
- Promoting Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth
- Strengthening Comprehensive Connectivity and Infrastructure Development
- Economic and Technical Cooperation
- Strengthening APEC
- Towards Yanqi Lake
Trade Ministers also adopted a standalone statement: Continuing Support for the Multilateral Trading System
The Qingdao Statement can be downloaded at this link.
The standalone statement can be downloaded at this link.
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