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The National Center for APEC is a member-driven business organization focused exclusively on facilitating American private sector input to the APEC process.

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The National Center for APEC is the official link between U.S. business and APEC, providing direct input into the APEC process.

APEC 2011 USA

Last year the United States hosted APEC. The National Center for APEC served as the secretariat to the APEC 2011 USA Host Committee, which coordinated private sector engagement in the APEC process.

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Initiatives for APEC 2011

APEC is unique in seeking private sector input into both the design and implementation of its programs to liberalize and facilitate trade and reduce the cost of doing business. NCAPEC coordinates private sector participation in existing projects and works with interested U.S. companies and the U.S. government to design new initiatives that can achieve tangible results. In advance of the U.S. hosting of APEC, NCAPEC is working with its members and partner organizations on sectoral multi-year plans will culminate in policy and program deliverables during 2011. Planning is currently underway for deliverables energy security, trade facilitation, intellectual property rights, investment, services, health, food security, information and communication technologies and financial services.

Initiatives and Projects

Shanghai Model Port Project: NCAPEC initiated and coordinated this project, in which Chinese Customs and U.S. Customs formed a partnership with sixteen private companies to successfully upgrade Shanghai to a "world class" entry point prior to its hosting of the APEC Leaders Meeting in October 2001. The program included training in advanced customs procedures, state of the art information technology, an operations center for IPR protection, and a new express package facility at Pudong Airport designed with input from express package companies.

STAR/BEST

Secure Trade in the APEC Region (STAR): Working with the Thai and U.S. governments, STAR/Bangkok-Laem Chabang Efficient and Secure Trade (BEST) project improved supply chain logistics and security through the use of electronic container seals, sensors and tracking technology. The National Center led the project with the participation of several NCAPEC member companies.

Strategic Framework for Energy Security in APEC

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Strategic Framework for Energy Security in APEC: An Update.  With support from the APEC Business Advisory Council, the U.S. National Center for APEC released this updated report.   Building on the original report released in 2008, the East West Center in Honolulu reexamined the conclusions of the first report and more deeply examined areas such as natural gas development, barriers that inhibit energy security, and the role of technological development. 

The Framework concludes with a list of specific recommendations that can further enhance energy security in the region.  Other efforts to move the energy dialogue forward in APEC include energy events coordinated with the meeting cycles of the APEC Energy Ministers and APEC Leaders. This multi-year effort is guided by an organization of interested companies called the Energy Policy Support Group, which provides direct guidance to the development of events and agendas, as well as to the establishment of annual and long-range energy goals and objectives.

Strategic Framework for Food Security in APEC

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Strategic Framework for Food Security in APEC: The National Center coordinated with the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council and the ABAC to produce this document, which aims to address the long-term challenges to food security in the APEC region.

Strategic Framework for Food Security in APEC

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Investing for Growth: Spurring Infrastructure Development and Economic Growth through Foreign Direct Investment