Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

...diversity when more than 10,000 people arrive in the islands for the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. It will be the first APEC summit in the United States since 1993, when it was held at Blake Island, Wash. President Barack...

In this article: Hawaii, Barack Obama, Linda Lingle, and East-West Center

...the prospects and problems of an Asia Pacific free trade area. In theory, that remains the APEC goal. In reality, the differences among the 21 APEC member economies make progress toward the objective a fitful and sometimes painful...

In this article: Climate change, Copenhagen, United States, Doha Round, Barack Obama, Pacific, Tokyo, and Singapore

...appetite. The United States and China failed to reach an agreement over currencies at a summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Singapore at the weekend, resulting in the omission to a reference to "market-oriented...

In this article: APEC, United States, Beijing, China, Inflation, Commerzbank, International Monetary Fund, U.S. Treasury, and Barack Obama

...countries were holding their cards for later. "This is not an occasion for negotiating climate change," he said. The annual meeting of APEC, which was founded 20 years ago to promote closer economic ties in the diverse, wide-flung region,...

In this article: Barack Obama, Lee Hsien Loong, Global warming, Myanmar, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Washington, Singapore, and China

On November 15, President Obama participated in the 17th Annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' meeting in Singapore. APEC members account for 53% of global GDP, purchase 58% of U.S. goods exports, and represent a market of...

In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Goods and services, Climate change, Fossil fuel, and Doha Development Agenda

...footing and the region cannot go back to "growth as usual," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, reading from a joint statement by the APEC leaders. "We need a fresh growth paradigm. We need a fresh model of economic integration,"...

In this article: Barack Obama, Singapore, Taiwan, Asean, Small business, Climate change, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Surin Pitsuwan

...and an expanded trade agenda for enhanced regional economic integration," the draft APEC statement says. DOHA RHETORIC The leaders of APEC, a 21-member grouping accounting for more than half of all global output and 40 percent of...

In this article: APEC, Barack Obama, Washington, United States, Asean, Doha Round, Myanmar, China, Singapore, and Recession

...pledged deep cuts of its own over the next decade. An initial draft leaders' statement from an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Singapore had said that "global emissions will need to ... be reduced to 50 percent below...

In this article: APEC, Brazil, Climate change, European Union, Thomson Reuters, Copenhagen, U.N., Singapore, Small business, and Deforestation

...to "substantially" slash them by that date, the latest draft of their summit statement says. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Singapore is the last major gathering of global decision-makers before a U.N. climate...

In this article: APEC, U.N., Climate change, WWF, Copenhagen, China, Carbon, and Singapore

...there is a durable recovery and will keep their markets open to trade, the latest draft statement from their leaders says. The 21 APEC leaders will also pledge to adopt "market oriented exchange rates that reflect underlying economic...

In this article: APEC, Fossil fuel, Goods and services, Climate change, Doha round, Singapore, and Japan