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APEC Workshop: Towards Digital Trade Ecosystem in the Asia-Pacific Region
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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This document presents the Best Practices on the Quality of Information in WTO SPS Notifications, developed as an outcome of the CTI Public–Private Dialogue (PPD) on the Follow-up Initiative on Promoting Transparency, held on 02 and 03 August 2025 in Incheon, Republic of Korea.
The objective of these Best Practices is to provide practical, voluntary, and non-binding guidance to APEC economies to improve the clarity, completeness, and consistency of information submitted in WTO SPS notifications. Based on the findings of the Follow-up Study, inputs from APEC member economies, and discussions held during the PPD, the Best Practices focus on three key areas: “Products covered,” “Description of content,” and “Capacity building and collaboration.”
These recommendations aim to support APEC economies in strengthening transparency practices and to contribute to ongoing regional and multilateral work on improving the quality of SPS notifications.