... Facilitating Electronic Commerce in APEC: A Case Study of Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-CO) ... ...O) APEC Policy Support Unit October 2011 Reducing Trade Transaction Costs in APEC through Electronic Commerce 2 ... ...the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group, for her support. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily repr... ...More ―e- Advanced‖ Economies adopt e-CO. Assume Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; New Zealand;... ...e-CO more rapidly – namely the ASEAN-6, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, US, Canada, Hong Kong, China. Establishing a set of suitable KPIs f... ...es e-CO adoption time 2010/June 2010/June 2010/June 2010/July COs/year 90 270 2000s 300-400 COs/from Korea 90 270 200-300 200-300 e-CO/from ... ... addition to CT and ROK (as in Scenario 2), assume Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; New Zealand...

...s to assess the contribution of the actions and measures of APEC‘s Electronic Commerce Steering Group (ECSG) towards reducing trade transaction costs in the region through a case study of an Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-CO) project. The study assesses the results of the e-CO Pathfinder Project between Chinese Taipei and Korea in reducing trade transaction costs sinc...

...al Report Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies APEC Study ... ... August 2011 Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies ii ... ...05-0 APEC#211-SO-01.5 Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of... ...t current prices (US$) Australia 22.4 1,236 55,160 Brunei Darussalam 0.4 13 31,239 Canada 34.1 1,574.1 46,215 Chile 17.2 203.3 11,828 People’s R... ...underscored by the value of assets, loans, deposits, and liabilities, with Australia; Canada; Hong Kong, China; and Japan being the other key major ... ...PEC Economies (million US$) 2007 2008 2009 Australia 2,451,565 3,857,679 2,880,143 Canada 2,414,569 2,985,204 2,502,802 Hong Kong, China 1,326,58... ... by financial deregulation which commenced in late 1980s, deepened in 1990s and early 2000s, increased their vulnerability to future financial crises...

...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions that foster financial market stability to enhance integration of financial markets across the region; and 2) drawing on the findings of the r...