2024 APEC Leaders’ Week Readout
The APEC meetings in Peru concluded earlier this week. Below we identify key takeaways from the meetings, describe the regional context, highlight USG engagements in Lima, summarize the APEC outcomes and suggest some relevant reads on global trade patterns, AI, and the state of [...]
Three Questions with NCAPEC Board Chair Antony Cook, Microsoft
In commemoration of the 30th Anniversary, NCAPEC asked Board Chair Antony Cook, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft, three questions based on his observations of APEC and how emerging [...]
ABAC USA recruitment open
The terms of the current U.S. APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Members: Dominic Ng of East West Bank, Laura Lane of UPS, and Ginger Lew of I Squared Capital will conclude at the end of [...]
The State of APEC Supply Chains
Lessons learned, key strategies to strengthen resilience NCAPEC is pleased to present “The State of APEC Supply Chains” report, launched in conjunction with the APEC Economic Leaders Week in November 2023. This report was prepared [...]
APEC 2023 Meetings in Seattle, Washington
The United States held the third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting and related meetings (SOM 3) in Seattle Washington, from July 29 to August 21, 2023. During the three-week period, the city hosted 200 meetings including [...]
Launch of MSME Supply Chain Resilience Toolkit
NCAPEC, in partnership with UPS and Johnson & Johnson, is pleased to present the MSME Supply Chain Resilience Toolkit. The toolkit was launched at the Supply Chain Resilience MSME Capacity Building Workshop on July 26, [...]
“The State of Healthcare Supply Chains in APEC” report launched at SOM 3
NCAPEC is proud to have developed “The State of Healthcare Supply Chains in APEC” report which launched at the Third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM3) on 2 August 2023. READ THE REPORT: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/vu0qa8v8ssjtllmrikh4l/NCAPEC-State-of-Healthcare-Supply-Chains-Single.pdf?rlkey=l41sp1vjgbjbkz2x6da2hyl9v&dl=0 This report [...]
Vice President Harris Announces APEC USA 2023 Economic Leaders’ Meeting and CEO Summit Site
(Bangkok, Thailand – November 16, 2022) – Vice President Kamala Harris announced that San Francisco, California will host Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week and the CEO Summit in 2023. The two-day CEO Summit [...]
NCAPEC Launches APEC USA 2023 Private Sector Host Committee To Advance U.S. Economic Engagement in the Asia-Pacific
Inaugural committee members include Amazon, Citi, ExxonMobil, FedEx, Google, General Motors, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, Meta, Microsoft, Moody's, Organon, Qualcomm, UPS and Visa (Washington D.C. – September 14, 2022) – In anticipation of the Asia-Pacific [...]
U.S. Government Names New ABAC Members
APEC Economic Leaders created the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in 1995 as a permanent, institutional mechanism to provide private sector input to APEC working-level government and senior officials. Up to three senior business representatives [...]