{"id":375311,"date":"2026-11-10T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375311"},"modified":"2026-11-10T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:37:03","slug":"asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-apec-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-apec-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> <span class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\"><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\">US President <\/span><\/span>Donald Trump stated he expects to hold a rare trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders&#8217; summit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375346\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-375346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-APEC.jpg?resize=300%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-APEC.jpg?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Source-APEC.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; APEC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-subtree=\"aimfl,mfl\"><span class=\"yADgie\">The <\/span><\/span><strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\"><span class=\"yADgie\">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"yADgie\"> is a <strong>regional economic forum<\/strong> to <strong>promote free trade, economic growth, and regional integration<\/strong> across the Asia-Pacific.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the<strong> only international intergovernmental grouping in the world<\/strong> committed <strong>to reducing barriers to trade and investment without requiring its members to enter into legally binding obligations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Establish in:<\/strong> It was <span class=\"yADgie\">established in<strong> 1989 \u00a0with 12 members.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Member economies:<\/strong> APEC has <strong>21 member economies.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>term &#8216;economies&#8217;<\/strong> is used<strong> instead of &#8216;countries&#8217;<\/strong> because <strong>APEC mainly focuses on trade and economic cooperation, and its members participate as economic entities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>APEC&#8217;s members are:<\/strong> Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-apec\/#\">India is not a member of APEC<\/a>,<\/strong> but has attended <strong>APEC meetings as \u201cobserver\u201d in 2011.<\/strong> ( India had expressed interest in joining APEC in 1991 but the group decided to stop accepting new members in 1997.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Observer forums: ASEAN Secretariat, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat<\/strong> are <strong>three official observers<\/strong> that participate in the forum\u2019s activities and contribute to regional cooperation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> Its is located in <strong>Singapore<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How it operates:<\/strong> It operates on the<strong> basis of voluntary cooperation and consensus, ensuring that all members have an equal say in decision-making through dialogue.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Its decisions are <strong>non-binding.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Host economy:<\/strong> <strong>Every year<\/strong> one of the 21 APEC member economies plays<strong> host to APEC meetings and serves as the APEC Chair.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2026 Summit:<\/strong> The <strong>33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders&#8217; Meeting<\/strong> will be held in <strong>Shenzhen, China<\/strong> on November 18\u201319, 2026.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Theme:<\/strong> &#8220;Building an Asia-Pacific Community to Prosper Together&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:<\/strong> APEC\u2019s 21 member economies<strong> account for over 60% of global GDP,<\/strong> <strong>more than 50% of world trade, and about 38% of the global population,<\/strong> making it a pivotal forum for regional stability and growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: US President Donald Trump stated he expects to hold a rare trilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders&#8217; summit. About Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum to promote free trade,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asia-pacific-economic-cooperation-apec-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,1236,12039],"tags":[11872,12141],"class_list":["post-375311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-international-organisations","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-reuters","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}