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APEC

APEC proper noun: a regional trade agreement between Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, the US, and members of ASEAN.

Proper noun (1)

APEC

  1. A regional trade agreement between Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, the US, and members of ASEAN.
    • The small resource-rich Pacific nation, which is due to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November, has long struggled with violence and lawlessness.2018 June 18, Joshua Berlinger, “Papua New Guinea declares 9-month state of emergency due to riots”, in CNN
    • Xi enters the APEC leaders’ summit, which officially begins Friday, having already hit his diplomatic stride in the G20 meeting in Bali earlier this week – where his aim was to cast China as an integral part of a global arena alongside Western powers after an absence from the world stage.2022 November 17, Simone McCarthy, “With Biden and Putin absent from APEC, China’s Xi takes center stage”, in CNN

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Apec

Apec

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of APEC.
    • When Xi Jinping stepped off his plane in San Francisco for the Apec summit, it was in circumstances very different to the last time he landed on American soil.2023 November 15, Tessa Wong, “Xi Jinping arrives in US as his Chinese Dream sputters”, in BBC

APEC meaning in Malay, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese

APEC in Malay

trade agreement
Kerjasama Ekonomi Asia-Pasifik, APEC

APEC in Indonesian

trade agreement
Kerjasama Ekonomi Asia Pasifik, APEC

APEC in Thai

trade agreement
เอเปก aybpàyk

APEC in Vietnamese

trade agreement
Diễn đàn Hợp tác Kinh tế châu Á-Thái Bình Dương, APEC

Origin of APEC

Acronym of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

Questions about APEC

What does APEC mean?
APEC means a regional trade agreement between Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, the US, and members of ASEAN.
What is APEC in Malay?
APEC in Malay is Kerjasama Ekonomi Asia-Pasifik, APEC. See APEC meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is APEC?
APEC is a proper noun.

Words near APEC in the dictionary

  1. ape-men
  2. ape-people
  3. ape-person
  4. ape-persons
  5. apeak
  6. APEC
  7. aped
  8. Apedale
  9. apedicellate
  10. apedom
  11. apeek

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