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# APEC Trade Ministers adopt Qingdao Statement
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/apec_0518140424/
- Published: 2014-05-18T17:23:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:09:40.000Z
- Description: APEC trade ministers closed a two-day meeting in Qingdao with a statement setting out actions on trade and growth across the Asia-Pacific, covering the multilateral trading system, regional economic integration, the Bogor Goals, global value chains, services, investment and connectivity.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Miscellaneous, Health News, #vivvo-import

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# APEC Trade Ministers adopt Qingdao Statement

## Issued by the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting

*Qingdao, China,* 18 May 2014 - APEC Trade Ministers concluded their two-day meeting on Sunday by issuing a Qingdao Statement describing actions for improving trade and economic growth across the Asia-Pacific. The Statement includes the following chapters:

- The Global Economy: An Asia-Pacific Partnership that Looks into the Future and Beyond the Region
- Continuing Support for the Multilateral Trading System
- Advancing Regional Economic Integration
  - Bogor Goals
  - Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP)
  - Global Value Chain
  - Supply Chain Connectivity
  - Next Generation Trade and Investment Issues
  - Environmental Goods and Services
  - Intellectual Property Rights
  - Services
  - Investment
  - Industry Dialogues
  - Regulatory Cooperation
- Promoting Innovative Development, Economic Reform and Growth
- Strengthening Comprehensive Connectivity and Infrastructure Development
- Economic and Technical Cooperation
- Strengthening APEC
- Towards Yanqi Lake

Trade Ministers also adopted a standalone statement: Continuing Support for the Multilateral Trading System

[The Qingdao Statement can be downloaded at this link](http://apec.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=659cda5df05da94188f4acaae&id=5eed843493&e=c4ea7dccfa&ref=foodconsumer.org).

[The standalone statement can be downloaded at this link.](http://apec.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=659cda5df05da94188f4acaae&id=a59cd553ac&e=c4ea7dccfa&ref=foodconsumer.org) 

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**For more details or to arrange possible media interviews, please contact:**

David Hendrickson [+65 9137 3886](tel:%2B65%209137%203886) at [drh@apec.org](mailto:jj@apec.org)  
Michael Chapnick [+65 9647 4847](tel:%2B65%209647%204847) at [mc@apec.org](mailto:mc@apec.org)

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