Malaysia hosted APEC Summit 2020

  • Recently, a virtual meeting of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum was held on November 20, 2020. This was the first time that all 21 APEC Economic Leaders met virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This is the second time Malaysia hosted an APEC meeting, having hosted one in 1998.
  • USA made its presence in the summit first time since 2017 (after Donald Trump led government decided to left the grouping).
  • The theme of the APEC Malaysia 2020 was “Optimising Human Potential Towards a Resilient Future of Shared Prosperity: Pivot. Prioritise. Progress”.

Key Outcomes

  • The APEC economies were aimed to ....
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