To promote innovation that delivers improved health, productivity and economic growth to the Asia-Pacific, APEC has launched the 2012 ASPIRE Prize which will honor a young scientist whose work has made an outstanding contribution to bioscience.
Growth in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector will provide economic opportunities for the APEC region but it comes with the challenge of access, connectivity and security threats, acknowledged senior telecommunications officials in the harbor city of Da Nang.
APEC is moving ahead with cooperative efforts to evaluate and identify initiatives that support freer, faster and more beneficial trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
ICT industry representatives and APEC officials met in Singapore on Thursday to discuss the future of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), which currently eliminates tariffs on selected ICT goods.
APEC is taking further steps to enhance supply chain performance, improve collaboration on innovation and extend opportunities for more robust economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific.
A Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement would bring together a significant number of APEC economies under a single free trade agreement. New research looks at how APEC and TPP could be mutually useful in achieving their own aims.
Research Outcomes: Summary of Research Projects 2008-2011 APEC’s Achievements in Trade Facilitation 2007-2010 APEC Economic Trends Analysis