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Future-ready Growth in APEC: Unlocking New Drivers and Fortifying Resilience
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific.
APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders. Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders. Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
APEC has helped drive economic growth and cooperation across the Asia-Pacific by reducing trade barriers, improving the ease of doing business and strengthening connectivity among economies. These efforts have contributed to rising incomes, expanded trade and greater opportunities for businesses and communities across the region.
APEC has helped drive economic growth and cooperation across the Asia-Pacific by reducing trade barriers, improving the ease of doing business and strengthening connectivity among economies. These efforts have contributed to rising incomes, expanded trade and greater opportunities for businesses and communities across the region.
APEC brings together governments, businesses and stakeholders to collaborate on shared priorities. Explore opportunities to participate in events, contribute to initiatives and engage with APEC’s work across the region.
APEC brings together governments, businesses and stakeholders to collaborate on shared priorities. Explore opportunities to participate in events, contribute to initiatives and engage with APEC’s work across the region.

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•September 2022
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A hybrid Workshop on Modernizing Secured Transactions Legal Regimes in APEC Economies through International Instruments and Effective Dispute Resolution Mechanisms was held on 25-27 May 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. The workshop addressed how APEC member economies—particularly developing economies— can improve their legal and regulatory infrastructure for access to credit and secured transactions by implementing international standards adopted by UNCITRAL, UNIDROIT, and APEC. The workshop highlighted other features that complement a modern credit infrastructure intended to serve MSMEs, including addressing women entrepreneurs’ needs and extending the availability of online dispute resolution mechanisms. The workshop was based in part on a Study on Issues Affecting the Implementation of Secured Lending Reform and Access to Credit as a Result of the COVID-19 Pandemic in APEC Economies. The findings of the study provided the background for discussions during the workshop.