This book presents selected papers which include, among others, complex behind-the-border obstacles to trade and investment, capacity building for sustainable growth, the role of FTAs/RTAs vis-a-vis realizing APEC's goals of free and open trade and investment, the new security agenda, APEC and sustainable development, and the way forward on APEC reform.

• Foreword
• Introduction
• APEC Then Now: The Catalytic Role of the APEC Process: Behind the Border, Beyond the APEC Goals
• APEC in a New Regional Architecture
• A Fresh Core Economic Mission for APEC
• APEC's Trade and Investment Liberalisation and Facilitation (TILF): Its Achievements and Tasks Ahead
• Capacity-Building for Economic Cooperation with Shared Prosperity
• The New Security Agenda and Emerging Concepts of Regional Resilience
• An "Agenda-driven" Reform for APEC
• Increasing Sub-regionalism within APEC and the Bogor Goals: Stumbling Block or Building Block?
• Analysis of APEC Approaches and Activities Promoting Sustainable Development
• Examining APEC'S Programmes Towards Reaching the Bogor Goals for Services Liberalisation
• APEC Means Business, A Business Perspective
• RATs/ FTAs: Perspective from Business Recommendation for Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) Policy Response
• The Importance of an Enabling Business Environment for Growth
• Business Perspective on Trade Facilitation
• Conclusion