New Hope: Openings of APEC-2022 Summit

... Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the anti-Chinese Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). The Forum did not do well in trade liberalization, and the 1994 Bogor Goals remained ... ... as bilateral and multilateral free-trade zones proved more promising. Political and security issues did not catch on in the APEC either, given its focus on the economic dimension. Yet, the forum has not yet lost its relevance. Following the principle ...