Curtis ANDRESSEN
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was established in 1989 to enhance economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region. Its future, however, is in doubt.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum held its first meeting in 1989, with the finance ministers of twelve nations attending an informal meeting in Canberra, Australia. As of 2008 APEC had twenty-one members and represented 41 percent of the population of the world, 56 percent of global