APEC Japan 2010 was a series of political meetings held around

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between the 21 member economies of the

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economy, economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

during 2010. It culminated in the 18th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting held in

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from November 13–14, 2010. Japan last hosted an

APEC The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

summit in 1995 in

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. A major focus of the meetings were the so-called Bogor Goals, as 2010 was the target year for developed members of the

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to achieve

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and investment.

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Change and action was chosen to represent the need for APEC to build upon its past successes to propose necessary “changes” and execute concrete “actions” during the period of significant change in the global political and economic order to ensure that it will continue to play an important and relevant role in the 21st Century.

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