Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Abstract The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is no longer “talk only,” but is an institutionalized forum of 18 sovereign nation-state based economies. What is APEC? This symposium, based on my recorded conversations with Dr. C. Fred Bergsten, Dr. Suhadi Mangkusuwondo, Mr. Zhao Gong-Da, Mr. Mitsuo Sato, Dr. Lee Tsao Yuan, Hon. Neville Wran, Professor Ross Garnaut, Professor Heinz W. Arndt, Professor Peter Drysdale, Dr. Narongchai Akrasanee, Professor Mohamed Ariff, Dato Dr. Noordin Sopiee, during August–December 1994, may provide a useful answer.