During the April 3-6 event, delegates will discuss measures to boost regional economic integration, promote sustainable development, develop micro-small, small and medium-sized businesses, and accelerate financial markets’ integration.
They will make recommendations to the upcoming APEC Minister Responsible for Trade meeting due to take place in Indonesia on April 20-21.
The third and fourth meetings of the ABAC will be held in Japan in July and Indonesia in October, respectively.
Twenty-one APEC member economies are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam.