Priorities Above All
Leaders from 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum emphasized more effort is needed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and restart the regional economy at a virtual meeting on July 16.
As some of the economies, including Indonesia, Thailand and Japan, are still struggling with another resurgence of infections, increasing production and distribution of vaccines featured high on the agenda of the APEC Informal Economic Leaders’ Retreat hosted by New Zealand. “We will redouble our efforts to expand vaccine manufacture and supply, support global vaccine sharing efforts, and encourage the voluntary transfer of vaccine production technologies on mutually agreed terms,” a statement of the gathering
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