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Future-ready Growth in APEC: Unlocking New Drivers and Fortifying Resilience
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing interdependence of the Asia-Pacific.
APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders. Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
APEC ensures that goods, services, investment and people move easily across borders. Members facilitate this trade through faster customs procedures at borders; more favorable business climates behind the border; and aligning regulations and standards across the region.
APEC has helped drive economic growth and cooperation across the Asia-Pacific by reducing trade barriers, improving the ease of doing business and strengthening connectivity among economies. These efforts have contributed to rising incomes, expanded trade and greater opportunities for businesses and communities across the region.
APEC has helped drive economic growth and cooperation across the Asia-Pacific by reducing trade barriers, improving the ease of doing business and strengthening connectivity among economies. These efforts have contributed to rising incomes, expanded trade and greater opportunities for businesses and communities across the region.
APEC brings together governments, businesses and stakeholders to collaborate on shared priorities. Explore opportunities to participate in events, contribute to initiatives and engage with APEC’s work across the region.
APEC brings together governments, businesses and stakeholders to collaborate on shared priorities. Explore opportunities to participate in events, contribute to initiatives and engage with APEC’s work across the region.

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•December 2022
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This current report builds on a 2014 study and a 2018 update which provided an overview of electric vehicle regulations and standards. The report includes a further update and expansion of these earlier studies, detailing electric vehicles (EVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) and why they are important, highlighting current and planned standards and regulations for EVs and AVs among APEC economies and international organizations, and introducing a self-assessment tool. The self-assessment tool can help APEC economies to identify areas with the greatest potential for improvement and focused technical assistance efforts. The self-assessment tool comes with details on how to answer the relevant questions to complete the self-assessment. The recommendations in this report along with the self-assessment tool can help APEC economies identify areas where further work in regulations and standards is most needed and to build the capability necessary for developing and managing them.