ABAC |
APEC Business Advisory Council |
AFTA |
ASEAN Free Trade Agreement |
APEC |
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ARF |
ASEAN Regional Forum |
ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
APT |
ASEAN Plus Three (ASEAN plus China, Japan and Korea) |
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
DDA |
Doha Development Agenda |
EAS |
East Asia Summit |
EU |
European Union |
FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
FED |
United States Federal Reserve |
FTAs |
Free Trade Agreements |
FTAAP |
Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
KISER |
Kansai Institute for Social and Economic Research |
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
IPOs |
Initial public offerings |
Latin America |
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (Latin American PECC member economies) |
Non-government/NGO |
Includes academics, civil society and the media (for the survey results) |
North America |
Canada, United States of America and Mexico |
Northeast Asia |
China, Hong Kong (China), Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei |
PECC |
Pacific Economic Cooperation Council |
PEO |
Pacific Economic Outlook |
PPI |
Producers’ Price Index |
PTAs |
Preferential Trade Agreements |
RMB |
Renminbi |
SOTR |
State of the Region |
Southeast Asia |
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (in this publication) |
TPA |
Trade Promotion Authority |
UN |
United Nations |
UNFCCC |
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USAPC |
United States Asia Pacific Council |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |