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APEC Bulletin Issue 33 is published
(April 2013)

ABAC bulletin for Q2 2013 is published (pdf)
(5 May 2013)

APEC business leaders to address strengthening of growth and resilience of APEC economies in 2013
(23 January 2013)
Business leaders of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) met in Manila this week to set out their agenda and work program. This will culminate in recommendations to Ministers and Leaders that identify issues and suggest ways to deepen regional economic integration when they meet in October 2013 in Bali.

Global data standards for Asia Pacific free trade
(Scan Magazine - November 2012)
Tony Nowell is interviewed in Scan Magazine on the increasing use of global data standards in Asia
Pacific supply chains.

APEC Bulletin Issue 31 is published
(December 2012)

From Aspirations to Reality : APEC Business Advisory Council Report to APEC Economic Leaders
Russia 2012

ABAC bulletin for Q4 2012 is published (pdf)
(5 October 2012)

APEC Business Agenda for 2012 successfully completed under Russian Presidency
(5 September 2012)
Business leaders of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) met in Vladivostok this week to prepare for their dialogue with the APEC Economic Leaders which marks the climax of the Russian Presidency of ABAC

ABAC bulletin for Q3 2012 is published (pdf)
(20 August 2012)

APEC business leaders urge greater economic integration through partnering towards a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific
(19 July 2012)
APEC economies should promote greater economic integration by taking resolute actions to guard against financial and sovereign risks while pursuing trade and investment liberalization and maintaining a robust growth trajectory toward achieving the Bogor goals.

ABAC bulletin for Q2 2012 is published (pdf)
(18 June 2012)

2012 Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade
(5 June 2012)
Ministerial statement.

Spotlight’s on the trade ministers - by Anthony Nightingale, Tony Nowell and Jane Drake-Brockman
(5 June 2012)
Op ed in the Business Times of Singapore.

APEC business leaders call for collaborative policies to sustain trade and economic growth
(24 May 2012)
Business leaders representing the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, in the face of weakening world trade and deepening global financial disorder, urge the region’s leaders to take resolute actions to guard against financial and sovereign risks and the rise of protectionism, while maintaining a robust growth trajectory.

PM announces appointment to ABAC
(3 April 2012)
Prime Minister John Key has appointed Wayne Boyd to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) for a three-year term.

On choke points
(12 Mar 2012)
We are all familiar with the concept of choke points - our diet of Hollywood blockbusters and TV crime shows unfortunately prepares us with more than enough ways to choke the living daylights out of each other! But are we familiar with supply chain choke points?

ABAC bulletin for Q1 2012 is published (pdf)
(9 March 2012)

From aspiration to reality: APEC business leaders call for the broadest possible engagement in initiatives leading to the free trade area of the Asia Pacific
(25 February 2012)
Asia-Pacific leaders must guard against protectionist responses to global economic challenges by actively pursuing initiatives aimed at achieving open trade and investment.

Dmitry Medvedev's article, “Integrate to Grow, Innovate to Prosper"
(January 28, 2012)
Russia has taken over the rotating chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in 2012 and will host this year’s APEC Leaders’ Week in Vladivostok.

2011 Leaders' Declaration from the 19th APEC Economic Leaders' meeting
(13 November 2011)

Asia-Pacific business to APEC leaders: 'accelerate growth, create jobs, aim for long-term'
(10 November 2011)
ABAC news release

Trade transaction costs fall in APEC region, research reveals
(8 November 2011)

ABAC bulletin for Q3 2011 is published (pdf)
(10 October 2011)

September 2011 APEC Bulletin released
(9 September 2011)
Includes items on greening the APEC supply chain, empowering women in the new economy, and supporting SMEs by focussing on next generation trade and investment issues.

APEC Photo Contest 2011
Submit your photo and interpret APEC's 2011 priorities
(10 September 2011)

ABAC bulletin for May 2011 is published (pdf)
(28 May 2011)

APEC business leaders call for action to support SMEs and boost FDI
(28 April 2011)
ABAC news release

Opening Address by Gary Judd Q.C. to the Regional Symposium: Policies and Environment Conducive to Investment
The Australian APEC Study Centre/Melbourne APEC Finance Centre
(5 April 2011)

APEC Business Advisory Council seeks to boost commerce, support economic growth and job creation during U.S. APEC host year
(18 February 2011)
ABAC news release

Guangzhou Mayoral Roundtable speech by Gary Judd Q.C.
14 February 2011

APEC Ministers renew commitment to resist protectionism
(Yokohama, 11 November 2010)
APEC news release

APEC releases 2010 progress reports on trade, economic policy
(Yokohama, 11 November 2010)
APEC news release

ABAC to press leaders for decision on FTAAP 
(Yokohama, 10 November 2010)
APEC news release

Opening remarks by Gary Judd QC
Opening Remarks by Gary Judd Q.C. at Seminar on Financial Inclusion: Trends, Challenges and Policies, 20-22 October 2010, at Shanghai, PRC.

The impact of non-tariff measures on an efficient supply chain for food and agricultural products
(19 September 2010)
Presentation by Tony Nowell to the APEC Market Access Group Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures and Non-Tariff Barriers Affecting Trade in Food and Agriculture Products in the APEC Region, Sendai, Japan, 19 September 2010

Russia joins the APEC Business Travel Card Scheme
(29 May 2010)
The APEC Business Mobility Group announced today that the Russian Federation has been accepted into the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) scheme as a transitional member. This means that all of APEC's 21 members now participate in the scheme

Business in the APEC region concerned by emerging European crisis, seeks new vision for economic integration (21 May 2010)
APEC news release

APEC: 20 years of evolution and progress (20 November 2009)
Address by the Hon Murray McCully to the NZIIA's seminar marking APEC's 20th anniversary

ABAC welcomes U.S. interest in Trans Pacific Partnership (14 November 2009)
ABAC Chair Teng Theng Dar has welcomed the statement of U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk in Singapore that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) remains “the most practical way for the U.S. to be engaged" in the region

Speech by Prime Minister John Key to the APEC CEO Summit  2009 (13 November 2009)

Strategic Framework for Food Security in APEC  (11 November 2009)
Prepared for the APEC Business Advisory Council and National Center for APEC by
the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council

Asia-Pacific business leaders call for more open trade and investment to sustain the economic recovery (11 November 2009)

ABAC proposes “APEC Food System” roadmap to develop food security and deepen regional integration  (11 November 2009)

Business looks to APEC for strong signal on trade (9 November 2009 )
Business representatives attending this week’s APEC meetings in Singapore hope that APEC Economic Leaders will take strong steps towards free and open trade in the region.

ABAC to lobby for successful conclusion to Doha (13 October 2009)
A team from the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) is in Geneva this week to lobby for a successful conclusion to the World Trade Organisation's Doha Development Agenda.

Business Leaders push for Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (27 August 2009)
Key business leaders of the Asia Pacific region have agreed that it is now time for APEC to take more decisive actions towards establishing a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) in view of the financial crisis and the stalled Doha Round negotiations. The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) met in Da Nang to finalize their recommendations to APEC Leaders prior to their dialogue inthe November APEC Economic Leaders Meeting.

ABAC urges dialogue on regulatory capital changes, financial reforms (27 August 2009)
Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam on August 24-28, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) urged the G-20 Finance Ministers to delay changes in regulatory capital requirements until global economic recovery is assured. This is important to avoid restricting lending at a time when it is most needed to fuel economic activity.

Crisis and opportunity -  APEC'S relevance to New Zealand (16 July 2009)
Address by Stephen Jacobi to APEC Voices of the Future Conference, King's College Auckland,

APEC CEO Summit to be held in Singapore in November  (June 2009)
The APEC CEO Summit 2009 will deliberate the most pressing issues facing the world. Over 800 senior business figures from across the Asia Pacific and beyond will gather in Singapore in November to listen to, network with and engage in discussion with APEC Leaders and the region’s key decision makers.

Report from Brunei meeting is released ( 25 May 2009)

ABAC steps up efforts to uphold anti-protectionism commitment (Media Release, 19 May 2009)

Letter from the ABAC Chair to Prime Minister Lee of Singapore (May 2009)

ABAC applauds G20’s stand on anti-protectionism (Media Release, 8 May 2009)

ABAC role a natural fit for International Business Forum (8 May 2009)

ABAC meeting Wellington - (February 2009)

2008 meetings