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The APEC
forum was established in 1989 to promote economic cooperation and integration
in the Pacific region. The United States was a driving force behind
APEC's creation, as a means of anchoring the United States more firmly
in the region in the post-Cold War era. APEC subsequently grew to 21
members, called "economies" because Taiwan (called Chinese
Taipei in APEC), Hong Kong, and China are equal members of APEC.
The twenty-one
members of APEC are Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's
Republic of China; Hong
Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico;
New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Republic of
the Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; USA; Vietnam
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a list of commonly used acronyms in APEC. This feature provides you
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- APEC Business Advisory Council
- Established in 1995, this is a permanent council composed of up to three senior business people from each member economy to provide advice on implementation of APEC action plans and on other specific business sector priorities.
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- APEC Business Travel Card
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- APEC Impediments Measurement System
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- Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Cooperation Trade Agreement
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- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APEC was established in 1989 and is the primary vehicle for promoting
open trade and practical economic cooperation. Its goal is to advance
Asia-Pacific economic activity and sense of community among the 21 member economies.
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- Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure
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- Asia-Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
- Asia-Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
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- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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- Budget and Administration Committeepredecessor of BMC
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- International Bureau of Weights and Measures
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- Budget and Management Committee
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- Collective Action Plan
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- International Special Committee on Radio Interference
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- Workshop on Competition Policy and Deregulation
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- Committee on Trade and Investment
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- Dispute Mediation Experts Group
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- WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding
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- Electronic Commerce
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- Economic Committee
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- APEC Economic and Technical Cooperation
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- Electronic Data Interchange
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- Electromagnetic Compatibility
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- Early Voluntary Sectoral Liberalization
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- Energy Working Group
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- Food andAgriculture Organization
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- Foreign Direct Investment
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- Friends of the Chair
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- Fisheries Working Group
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- General Agreement on Trade in Services
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- General Information System
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- Global Mobile Personal Cellular Service
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- Group on Services
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- Government Procurement Experts Group
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- Global Position System
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- Human Resources Development Working Group
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- Harmonized Commodity Description and Classification System
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- International Accreditation Forum
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- Individual Action Plan
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- International Convention for the Settlement of Investment
- Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States
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- WTO Integrated Database
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- Initiatives, Development Efforts, Aspirations and Strategies
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- International Electotechnical Commission
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- Investment Experts Group
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- Informal Experts Group on the Mobility of Business People
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- International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
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- Intellectual Property Rights Experts Group
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- Intellectual Property Rights
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- International Quality Assurance Systems
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- International Organization for Standardization
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- Industrial Science and Technology Working Group
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- International Telecommunications Union
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- International Value-added Network Services
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- Market Access Group
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- Most Favored Nation
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- Mutual Recognition Arrangement
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- North American Free Trade Agreement
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- Non-Tariff Measures
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- Non-Tariff Measures
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- Non-Tariff Measures
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- Osaka Action Agenda
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- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
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- Pacific Accrediation Cooperation
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- Pacific Area Standards Congress
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- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
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- Partners for Progress
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- Ad-hoc Policy Level Group on Small and Medium Enterprise
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- Peoples Republic of China
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- Rules of Origin
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- Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures
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- Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance
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- APEC Seafood Information Systems
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- Small and Medium Enterprises
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- Senior Officials Meeting
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- South Pacific Forum
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- WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
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- International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and
Watchkeeping for Seafarers
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- Science and Technology Industrial Park
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- Science and Technology Industrial Park
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- APEC Tariff Database
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- APEC Telecommunications Ministers Meeting
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- Telecommunications Working Group
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- Terms of Reference
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- Trade Policy Dialogue
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- Transportation Working Group
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- Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
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- Tourism Working Group
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- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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- United Nations Rules for Electronic Data Interchange for Administration,
Commerce and Transport
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- United Nations Commissions on International Trade Law/DD>
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- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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- Uruguay Round
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- Uruguay Round Implementation
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- Uniform Resource Locator
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- World Customs Organization
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- WTO Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement
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- World Trade Organization
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- ASEAN
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| The Governments
of Brunei Darussalam, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are Member States of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)working together with a goal of sustaining economic growth and development in all Member States. For more information on ASEAN Click
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