Staff writer
Amid the rising tide of economic globalization and information technology, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum will go online next year in a bid to help accelerate the flow of trade and investment within the Asia-Pacific region.
At the next annual meeting of its ministers and top leaders in Brunei in November, the 21 APEC economies will formally agree to publish various data on exports and imports on the Internet, starting in January, according to Japanese government officials.