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Export Facilitation More Effective Than Promotion, Experts Say

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Publications
December 2024 – A new policy brief by Andre Simangunsong, Titik Anas, and Christopher Findlay highlights the need for a shift from traditional export promotion to export facilitation as a more effective strategy for enhancing global trade competitiveness. Key Findings Who Exports? A small percentage of firms dominate exports, with the most productive and larger firms more likely to participate in global trade. Factors such as human capital, foreign ownership, and the institutional environment significantly influence export decisions. Export Sustainability Issues Many firms exit export markets within a few years, often due to uncertainty, financing constraints, and difficulty in forming stable trade partnerships. Trade and Productivity Exporting enhances firm productivity through larger...

PECC Appoints Dr Kaewkamol (Karen) Pitakdumrongkit as Interim Secretary General

Monday, January 27, 2025 Issues
The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Kaewkamol (Karen) Pitakdumrongkit as the Interim Secretary General of the PECC International Secretariat,...

Asia Pacific Economic Profiles 2024: Asia Pacific and Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition

Friday, January 24, 2025 Publications
This report examines the essential role of critical minerals in the transition to low-carbon economies, a process necessitated by the challenges of climate change and the imperative to mitigate...

ClimateTech in Focus: Innovations for a greener Supply Chain

Tuesday, January 07, 2025 Publications
Global technology and innovation serve as beacons of hope in the face of climate change. ClimateTech is not a fleeting trend confined to laboratories; it stands as one of the most promising avenues...

Pacific Currents

Global value chains: From fruitful discussions to meaningful actions
Juan Navarro, Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University

Climate change in SOTR
Christopher Findlay, Tilak Doshi and Eduardo Pedrosa

Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolutions
Submitted by Jane Drake-Brockman, Christopher Findlay, Yose Rizal Damuri and Sherry Stephenson 

COVID-19 has Exposed Major Gaps in our Social Safety Nets: In a Post-COVID World Will these Gaps be Closed?
Hugh Stephens
Vice Chair, CANCPEC; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary

 Multilateral Cooperation is a Safeguard against Pandemics
Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria
Executive Director, APEC Secretariat

International cooperation during COVID-19
Sungbae An
Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Macroeconomics and Finance, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)

Member Updates

VNCPEC: Dr Nguyen Hung Son appointed as the new VNCPEC chair

Dr. Nguyen Hung Son succeeds Dr. Vo Tri Thanh as the Chair of the Viet Nam National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (VNCPEC). Dr. Nguyen is also the Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in charge of research. He oversees the two research institutes of the academy, i.e....

CNCPEC: Amb. Zhan Yongxin attended the 2023 China (Tianjin) International Fair for Investment and Trade & PECC Expo

On November 22nd to 23rd, Amb. Zhan Yongxin, Chair, China National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation, attended the China·Tianjin Forum for Business Cooperation and Development, and the opening ceremony of the 2023 China (Tianjin) International Trade and Investment Fair, and PECC Expo....

KOPEC: DR. Siwook Lee appointed as the new KOPEC Chair

Dr. Siwook Lee succeeds Dr. Heungchong Kim as the Chair of the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC). Dr. Lee is also the President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management (on...

MANCPEC: Professor Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah appointed as the new MANCPEC Chair

Professor Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah succeeds Mr Herizal Hazri as the Chair of the Malaysia National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (MANCPEC). Professor Faiz is also the Chairman for the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia. A lawyer by training, Professor Faiz...

MXCPEC: Dr. Gerardo Traslosheros appointed as the new MXCPEC Chair

Dr. Gerardo Traslosheros succeeds Ambassador Sergio Ley as the Chair of the Mexico National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation. Dr. Traslosheros is also the Coordinator of the Global Governance Program at the UDLAP Jenkins Graduate School (UJGS) in Mexico City, and Member of the Mexican...

NZPECC: Dr. Alan Bollard appointed as the new NZPECC Chair

Alan Bollard (CNZM; PhD Auck; FRSNZ) is a Professor of Pacific Region Business at Victoria University of Wellington, and inaugural Chair for Pacific Region Business. Alan is also the Chair of the Infrastructure Commission, Chair of the cross-university Centres for Asia-Pacific Excellence, and...

Issues

PECC Seminar on Responsible Adoption of...

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

PECC 30th General Meeting: Achieving a...

Thursday, August 31, 2023

FTAAP Pathways to Prosperity

Sunday, July 23, 2023

29th PECC General Meeting Concludes

Monday, November 21, 2022

PECC Statement to APEC Finance Ministers

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

28th PECC General Meeting Concludes

Wednesday, August 04, 2021

PECC Statement for 3rd APEC Structural Reform...

Friday, June 25, 2021

APEC Trade Ministers Act to Boost Vaccine...

Monday, June 14, 2021

Publications

Export Facilitation More Effective Than...

Asia Pacific Economic Profiles 2024: Asia...

ClimateTech in Focus: Innovations for a greener...

State of the Region 2024-2025

State of the Region 2023-2024 (Supplement)

State of the Region 2023 - 2024

State of the Region 2022-2023

State of the Region 2021 - 2022

State of the Region 2020 - 2021

Asia-Pacific growth unlikely to recover without...

PECC XX: Youth Delegate Program

 

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Program of PECC Youth Delegates

27 – 30 September 2011

The Madison Hotel, 1177 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC


27 September

17:50-20:00

Student Delegates arrive and check in at The Madison Hotel

Student Delegates attend PECC Welcome Reception, Constitution Salon A

 

 

28 September

08:00

08:30 – 11:45

11:45

12:00 - 13:00

14:00

17:00

19:00

 

Gather in Madison Hotel Lobby, and Depart for Johns Hopkins University,
School of Advanced International Studies (on foot)

Breakfast and National Bureau of Asian Research Seminar: Strategic Asia 2011-12:
Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers-China and India, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

Return to Madison Hotel

Luncheon program of PECC Standing Committee, Dolley Madison Ballroom

Depart Madison Hotel via bus for guided tour of Washington, DC

Return to Madison Hotel

Dinner program – PECC General Meeting, Dolley Madison Ballroom

 

 

29 September

08:00 – 09:00

09:00 – 12:00

12:00 – 14:00

14:00 – 17:00

18:00 – 20:00

 

Continental Breakfast – Constitution B

Youth Delegates attend PECC Plenary and Concurrent Sessions

Luncheon program of PECC General Meeting

PECC Plenary Session resumes

Youth Delegates Working Dinner, EWCW Conference Room

 

 

30 September

08:00 – 09:00

09:00 – 12:00

 

Continental Breakfast – Constitution B

Concluding Meeting of PECC Standing Committee – Youth Delegates deliver report
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