Comments on: Regarding Paul Keating and APEC http://www.kewpid.net/2007/08/24/regarding-paul-keating-and-apec/ personal blog on politics, economics and whimsy Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tommy Chen http://www.kewpid.net/2007/08/24/regarding-paul-keating-and-apec/comment-page-1/#comment-6415 Tommy Chen Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:54:29 +0000 http://www.kewpid.net/2007/08/24/regarding-paul-keating-and-apec/#comment-6415 APEC faces some difficulties in being relevant. Firstly, it happens once a year, and unless a big issue conveniently coincides with it, it can't do much in dealing with new developments. This is especially so with the leader's conference, which is just a talk fest. Secondly, there are so many alternative forums these days - ASEAN + 3, ASEAN + 3+3 etc, that APEC really doesn't have much to do beyond the level of the finance ministers meetings. APEC faces some difficulties in being relevant. Firstly, it happens once a year, and unless a big issue conveniently coincides with it, it can’t do much in dealing with new developments. This is especially so with the leader’s conference, which is just a talk fest.

Secondly, there are so many alternative forums these days — ASEAN + 3, ASEAN + 3+3 etc, that APEC really doesn’t have much to do beyond the level of the finance ministers meetings.

]]> By: Enoch Lau http://www.kewpid.net/2007/08/24/regarding-paul-keating-and-apec/comment-page-1/#comment-6411 Enoch Lau Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:45:54 +0000 http://www.kewpid.net/2007/08/24/regarding-paul-keating-and-apec/#comment-6411 Their agenda reads as follows: 1. Make Sydneysiders as uncomfortable as possible. 2. Get them used to being large swathes of their city locked up so we can slowly turn the place into a totalitarian state. Their agenda reads as follows:
1. Make Sydneysiders as uncomfortable as possible.
2. Get them used to being large swathes of their city locked up so we can slowly turn the place into a totalitarian state.

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