Even though it is about nine months to go before APEC 2020 which Malaysia will host, the groundwork has been laid by the secretariat headed by its executive director, Tan Sri Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria.

Rebecca, who is working very closely with the Malaysian Government, has held meetings with Ministers and officials of both the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

APEC or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific region.

… The CIMB ASEAN Research Institute (CARI) and ASEAN Business Club in partnership with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) today hosted the ASEAN Roundtable Series titled “Future of Asean Trade: Tackling Non-Tariff Barriers in the New Trade Order”.