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APEC the great equaliser at a time of global upheaval

The US and China both have skin in the APEC game. The setting in which they must deal is multilateral, and their dealings are on full display to all other 19 members.

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The online APEC economic leaders meeting chaired by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern over the weekend underlines why APEC matters.

In this year’s APEC agenda, New Zealand sought to build agreement on economic and trade policies to strengthen the COVID-19 recovery, increasing its inclusivity and sustainability, and enhancing the role of innovation in a digitally enabled recovery.

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Peter Drysdale is emeritus professor of economics and head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and East Asia Forum at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.

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