APEC

[ey-pek]

noun

1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: an association that promotes economic growth and free trade among member states that border the Pacific Ocean.

APEC

/ ˈeɪpɛk /

acronym

1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

2. (in Canada) Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

Word History and Origins

Origin of APEC¹

First recorded in 1989

Example Sentences

Earlier this month, Beijing accused Takaichi of violating the one-China principle, after she posted photos of herself meeting a senior Taiwanese official on the sidelines of the Apec summit in South Korea.

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"I will confess that I was looking at my phone during session two of APEC."

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He also praised the Apec countries for making the global trading system, which he said had been "broken" and "in urgent need of reform", fairer.

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He is expected to land in the South Korean city Busan on Wednesday ahead of the Apec summit.

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“I was to meet President Xi in two weeks, at APEC, in South Korea, but now there seems to be no reason to do so,” he wrote.

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