APEC Bulletin - Issue 34, September 2013

APEC Bulletin - Issue 34, September 2013

APEC Bulletin Issue 34, September 2013

In today’s digital economy, data is stored remotely and accessed anywhere in the world. Emails could be stored on servers in Australia by an American company and accessed in Singapore. Buyers and sellers across different time zones purchase goods, share personal data, and make financial payments via the internet.

These cross-border online data flows are an integral part of today’s international trade and governments are working on how to regulate this data flow to both promote e-commerce and protect consumers’ data privacy.

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In This Edition

Mapping out a renewable energy future

A Thai agricultural processing company shares best practices in adopting renewable energy technologies in an APEC project.

Connecting indigenous micro-enterprises to global markets

An APEC pilot project connects indigenous women-owned micro enterprises in Peru, Chile, Viet Nam, and Chinese Taipei with distributors in Canada.

Interview: Boosting business recovery before disasters strike

An interview with Dr Li Wei-sen, Co-Chair of the APEC Emergency Preparedness Working Group on how APEC economies are working to ensure SME firms can weather disasters.

Highlights

Features

Grappling with global governance: gaps must be filled in Asia-Pacific by Dr Bollard

New approaches to maritime safety needed to save lives

Op-ed: APEC shows the way on trade

News

APEC targets reduced disaster risk

Ministries responsible for forestry release Cusco statement

Governance key to effective sustainable forest management, says ministers

Publications

APEC’s Ease of Doing Business 2009-2012

APEC Conference on Low Carbon Town, Physical Energy Storage, Proceedings

APEC Building Codes, Regulations and Standards: Minimum, Mandatory and Green

Events

Full listing of upcoming events in September - December 2013

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