Apec

APEC Mining Ministers will meet next week to expand trade and investment in the mining sector, to remove behind-the-border barriers to resources trade and to ensure the long-term environmental sustainability of mining in the region.

The Attorney-General Philip Ruddock today welcomed delegates attending the APEC Data Privacy Seminar on the International Implementation of the APEC Privacy Framework.

An independent report has found that Chinese Taipei is making positive progress towards achieving APEC's free trade and investment goals.

An independent report has found that Australia is on target to achieve its APEC goals of free trade and investment.

China has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the APEC Secretariat for the donation of US$2 million to be used on APEC capacity building projects.

The incoming Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat expects APEC to make important progress in 2007 on key global economic issues as Australia becomes APEC host for the year.

News Release Issued by the 14th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting

Leaders, Ministers, senior business representatives and government officials from APEC's 21 Member Economies will meet next week in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, for some of the most important meetings of the annual global political calendar.

Businesses expanding into overseas markets in the APEC region will benefit from Australia's most significant intellectual property convention.

Leading Intellectual Property (IP) policy makers from Asia, the United States, Europe and Australia will take part in a symposium with business people from around the APEC region in Sydney at the start of the 2007 APEC Year.