PECC Update APEC Concluding Senior Officials Meeting 5 November 2021

We thank you for your continued openness to our inputs throughout the year, especially in the process of drafting the Implementation Plan of the Putrajaya Vision. [...] We underscore the importance of the adoption of the Enhanced APEC Agenda for Structural Reform and members’ individual action plans to future growth. [...] Dealing with Covid-19 and its Economic Consequences According to our survey results, while the scope and pace of vaccination within our respective economies is the key to dealing with Covid and its economic consequences, the second set of issues that respondents believe need to be addressed are those related to the movement of people. [...] The cost of transporting goods has increased significantly over the pandemic – while there are many factors behind this, we believe that the adoption of protocols to facilitate the safe international movement of air and sea crews would relieve some of the pressures in those industries. [...] We hope that this document will contribute to the thinking and efforts of APEC to accurately frame and therefore be better able to address the many cross-cutting challenges arising from the spread of the digital economy.