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Substantiate APEC as a regional economic and trade arrangement. (200 words)

  • UPSC 2013
  • 15 marks
  • Regionalisation of World Politics

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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grew out of Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke's Seoul proposal of January 1989. It first met at Canberra that November with twelve members. Its 21 member economies accounted for about 62 per cent of world GDP and 48 per cent of world trade in 2021. APEC is clearly a regional economic…

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