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IMF to APEC leaders: Trade growth a disappointment

Chrisee Dela Paz

MANILA, Philippines – Trade growth in the Asia Pacific-Economic Cooperation (APEC) region has slowed down a lot in the past few years, and the solution to this is for all economic leaders to work together and help small businesses export and import globally.

That is the message of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the 21 APEC leaders as the APEC summit wraps up, APEC Secretariat Executive Director Dr. Alan Bollard shared in an interview with Rappler on Thursday, November 19.