SUSTAINIBILITY WAS KEY-THEME, AT 2022 APEC SUMMIT
LEKHA SHANKAR
The 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit was the first global event in Thailand, after the 4-year pandemic.
The APEC bloc of 21 countries, makes up 60% of global GDP, and accounts for 47% of the volume of world trade.
While their main aim is to discuss trade and business challenges in the region, this year’s Summit pushed forward the Bio-Circular Green Economy (BCG) Model that Thailand has been actively promoting, in all spheres of public and private enterprises.
Infact, one of the most important achievements of the Summit, was that the Bangkok Goals on the BCG Economy Model, were accepted and endorsed in the APEC 22 Declaration.
To this writer, the BCG Model was obvious in every aspect of the APEC Meet.
The Theme of Open, Connect, Balance reiterated the link…
