On APEC Chin-Ming Lin ( 林欽明 )

 From “Southeast Asia” to a “larger Asia”-- ASA (1962), PBEC (1967), PAFTAD (1968) and PECC (1980) were all fora for regional cooperation in larger Asia  From “Pacific Community” to “Asia Pacific”  Asian regionalism—APEC (1989)APEC Concept of “Asia Pacific”

 The 3 Chinas—China, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong, China joined the APEC in 1991  APEC annual summit started in 1993 APEC and the 3-Chinas

 Difference between agreements and fora  Organized dialogue rather than mumbo jumbo APEC: A Talk Shop?

 What capabilities the economy(ies) has(ve) in implementing the project?  The goals achieved?  The tools/instruments used?  Range, scope, and time schedule?  Method of evaluation? Ideas, Initiatives, Proposals

 Benefit (or cost)  Which problem(s) solved? To what degree/level?  Beneficiaries: individual economies, the region, the world? Expected Achievement

 Tentative timetable (specific mid-points, deadlines)  Specific subject (people, organizations) involved  Data/information needed for evaluation Schedule of Implementation

 Their roles  Their policy viewpoints  Their style of action Sectoral Ministerial MeetingsSectoral Ministerial Meetings, and ABAC ABAC

 The core of APEC  Its impact  Its relationship with other international organizations/agreements Annual Ministerial Meetings

 Trade and investment liberalization and facilitation (TILF):TILF  Labor skills and movement  Government procurement  Foreign investment in services  Subsidies in agriculture and fishing  Technical barriers to trade Some Prominent Issues

 Economic development and technology (ECOTEC)ECOTEC  Food security  Energy security  Natural disaster  Cyber terrorism  Global warming  Green production  Knowledge gap  Human resources--education and training Some Prominent Issues (cont.)