16th APEC Ministerial MeetingJoint Statement Now Available
The 16th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting has concluded following two
days of meetings in Santiago, Chile. Ministers from APEC’s 21 Member Economies have released a
Joint Statement that is now available on the APEC Website.Issues covered in the Ministers’ Joint
Statement:A COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT THROUGH trADE AND INVESTMENT*World Trade Organization
(WTO)*Regional Trading Arrangements / Free Trade Agreements*Interaction with the Business
Community*Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation*e-APEC and the Information
Society*Industry Dialogues*Life Sciences Innovation*Individual and Collective Action
Plans*Structural Reform*Anti-Corruption and Transparency*Economic and Technical Cooperation and
Capacity BuildingSHARING BENEFITS THROUGH BETTER PRACTICES: ENHANCING HUMAN
SECURITY*Counter-Terrorism and Secure Trade*Health Security*Energy Security*Invasive Alien
SpeciesGROWTH AND STABILITY: KEYS FOR APEC INTEGRATION*Macroeconomic IssuesSKILLS FOR THE COMING
CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENtrEPRENEURIAL GROWTH*Small and Medium
Enterprises*Gender*YouthCOMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE GROWTH*Sustainable Development*Agricultural
BiotechnologyEXPERIENCING OUR DIVERSITYFROM SANTIAGO TO BUSAN: PENDING TASKS*APEC Reform*Mid-Term
Stock-take*Approval of SOM Report*APEC SecretariatAPEC 2005*Future MeetingsPress Release Courtesy
of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
November 2004