Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Free Trade, and the 2002 Summit in Mexico

[摘要] On October 26-27, 2002, the Tenth APEC Leaders’ Meeting (summit) was hosted by Mexico in Las Cabos, Mexico. The official theme for APEC 2002 is to expand the benefits of cooperation for economic growth and development and enable the APEC vision to be implemented. For the United States, APEC raises fundamental questions that are of special interest to Congress. One is whether consensus can be achieved on the APEC vision of free trade and investment in the Asia Pacific or whether future trade liberalization will be confined primarily to bilateral free-trade agreements or multilateral trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization.

[发布日期] 2002-12-11 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Trade;Trade agreements;International trade;International affairs