Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) mind map
  USA hosts
    APEC meeting in November 2023
    concludes with Economic Leaders' Retreat
  APEC fundamentals
    regional economic forum
    leverages Asia-Pacific interdependence
    established in 1989
    aim
      greater prosperity for region
      promotes
        balanced growth
        inclusive growth
        sustainable growth
        innovative growth
        secure growth
      accelerates regional economic integration
    secretariat based in Singapore
    membership
      21 members termed as economies
      focus on trade and economic issues
    India's involvement
      not a member
      formal request to join in 1991
  APEC distinct entities
    Taiwan attends as separate economy
    Hong Kong attends as separate economy
  APEC's global significance
    economies’ citizens
      2.9 billion people
      roughly 60% of global GDP
      48% of global trade as of 2018
  APEC process
    equal say for all economies
    consensus-based decision-making
    no binding commitments
    bottom-up and top-down approach
  APEC activities
    ensures easier movement
      goods
      services
      investment
      people
    initiatives include
      sustainable resource management
      promoting energy efficiency
      ensuring disaster resilience
      planning for pandemics
      addressing terrorism
  IPEF Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
    USA led alternative
    against China’s economic statecraft
    comprises 14 members
      includes Fiji and India
      rest are APEC members

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