APEC trade meet ends with broad consensus

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting concluded on Saturday in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, after helping forge broad consensus among participating economies on economic and trade cooperation, government officials and business executives said.

Speaking at a news conference after the meeting, Commerce Minister Wang Wentao said that representatives from APEC economies, APEC observers, the World Trade Organization and other international organizations held candid, in-depth and constructive discussions and achieved fruitful results.

The two-day meeting concluded with the release of the 2026 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Joint Statement and the approval of the APEC Roadmap for Innovative, Competitive and Resilient Services.