Name: Bert Hofman: APEC can boost trust and confidence in cooperation
Uploaded: 2026-11-10T14:55:04+08:00
Duration: 2 min 32 s
Description: Amid growing strains on global trade and investment, what role is there for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC? Bert Hofman, former World Bank country director for China, Mongolia and Korea, offers a clear answer: APEC's real value is not

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Amid growing strains on global trade and investment, what role is there for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC? Bert Hofman, former World Bank country director for China, Mongolia and Korea, offers a clear answer: APEC's real value is not in signing agreements, but in providing a table where major competitors can still work together. And the most important outcome of this year's APEC meeting in Shenzhen, he says, is trust: trust in trade, and trust in the power of international cooperation.

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