PECC and APEC

PECC and APEC

PECC is the only non-governmental observer in APEC and has contributed extensively to the APEC process. The Trade Forum sits in the APEC Committee on Trade and Investments (CTI) and its various fora.

PECC Trade Forum Work on APEC and for APEC

2004, Chile

SOM I	Report to CTI
SOM II	PECC Statement delivered at SOM II Statement to the MRT
SOM III	Expanded Dialogue on Trade Facilitation

2003, Thailand

Group on Services (2000-2003)	Menu of Options
Group on Services	Costs and Benefits to Services Trade Liberalization
CTI	Study on the Mutually Supportive Advancement of APEC Facilitation and Secure Trade Goals Post September 11th (1st draft is available on the Members page)
PECC Publication	"An Assessment of Impediments in APEC Member Economies"
SOM I	PECC Report to CTI PECC Report on GOS
SOM II	PECC Report to CTI PECC Report on GOS PECC Memo to the IEG (accompanying the PECC Publication: "An Assessment of Impediments to Foreign Direct Investment in APEC Member Economies") PECC's Participation in the APEC's Trade Policy Dialogue Asia Pacific RTAs as Avenues to Achieving the Bogor Goals: analysis and Ways Forward (power point presentation) RTA Developments in the Asia Pacific Region: State of Play PECC Report to the MRT
SOM III	PECC Report to CTI PECC Report on GOS APEC Menu of Options Final Document (draft) "Menu of Options-phaseIII, Regulatory Transparency in Services and the APEC E-IAPs" prepared by PECC "Follow-up of the Menu of Options Possible Work Items of the GOS for 2004" prepared by PECC
Ministerial Meeting, Bangkok	PECC Statement to APEC Ministers (annex) PECC Publications: "Proposal for an APEC Common Understanding on RTAs" "Asia Pacific RTAs as Avenues for Achieving APEC Bogor Goals" CD Rom containing selected papers from PECC Trade Forum Meetings

2002, Mexico

Group on Services	Menu of Options
Investment Experts Group	Phase I: Review of the cross border M&A in APEC
SOM I	PECC Statement to SOM
SOM II	PECC Report to CTI PECC Statement to SOM
Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT)	MRT Statement from the Chair PECC Statement to MRT
SOM III	PECC Statement to SOM

2001, China

SOM I	PECC Report to CTI PECC Statement to SOM
SOM II	PECC Statement to SOM
SOM III	PECC Report to CTI PECC Statement to SOM
Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT)	PECC Statement to MRT
APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM)	PECC Statement to Ministers

2000, Brunei

SOM I	PECC Statement to SOM
SOM II	PECC Statement to SOM
SOM III	PECC Statement to SOM, Annex
	Survey of the Impediments to Trade and Investment in the APEC region This was an update of the Survey that was originally undertaken on behalf of APEC in 1995. (Highlights)

1999, New Zealand

PECC Publication	“Principles for Guiding the Development of a Competition-Driven Policy Framework for APEC”
	Update of the IAP assessment PECC was asked by APEC senior officials to provide a review of APEC’s overall progress in each of the 15 policy areas of the Osaka Action Agenda rather than assess the actions of individual APEC economies. This independent PECC assessment complements the other review and assessment processes which have been carried out by APEC this year.
SOM I	PECC Report to CTI
SOM II	PECC Report to CTI
SOM III	PECC Report to CTI
	Report to ABAC This report to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) included some of the key issues relating to impediments to trade and investment in the APEC region. It was a work in progress toward completing a full update of the 1995 Survey of Impediments to Trade and Investment in the APEC Region.

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