Reinvented, will Beijing’s FTAAP go the way of the Bogor goals?

November 14, 2014

BEIJING – The China initiative for a Free Trade Zone for Asia-Pacific reinvents the APEC Bogor Declaration of 20 years ago – and that went simply nowhere. Then, APEC leaders agreed to common goals of free and open trade and investment by 2010 for industrialised economies, and by 2020 for developing economies. APEC deliberations on China’s FTAAP could well go the way of the 1994 Bogor Goals. Seen OPINION http://www.asiatoday.com.au/content/20-years-beijing-revisits-bogor-idea... (ATI).