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Documents and Presentations
Media Release on Outcomes of ABAC II – 24 April 2024
Media Release on Outcomes of ABAC I
Presentation by Brett O’Riley to SWG – ABAC I – 16 February 2024
ABAC Statement on WTO MC13 – February 2024
Media release from ABAC IV, San Francisco
Remarks by Anna Curzon at CPTPP Business Dialogue, San Francisco, 14 November
Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2023
Bangkok Bio-Circular Economy Goals
Supply Chain Resilience Toolkit
ABAC Letter to APEC Finance Ministers – 18 August 2023
Report to APEC Finance Ministers – Financing the Future of APEC
Progress Report – Forging Partnerships for a Better Future
ABAC Letter to SME Ministers – 14 July 2023
ABAC Letter to APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade
ABAC Statement on the FTAAP – 26 May 2023
ABAC Statement on the WTO – 26 May 2023
Presentation on Climate Change by Brett O’Riley, 29 April 2023
Presentation on Indigenous Economic Empowerment by Rachel Taulelei, 28 April 2023
Presentation on WTO for Anna Curzon by Rachel Taulelei, 28 April 2023
Climate Change – Presentation by Malcolm Johns, ABAC, 13 February 2023
Press release Asia-Pacific business leaders call for action on climate and economic inclusion
Press release announcing ABAC I meeting, Auckland 12-14 February 2023
Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2022
APEC Leaders Issue 2022 Declaration and the Bangkok Goals on the Bio-Circular-Green Economy
Presentation by Malcolm Johns to the Sustainability Working Group, 27 July 2022
Report to APEC Economic Leaders 2021
Press release from ABAC Dialogue with Ministers Responsible for Trade, 4 June 2021
Remarks by Rachel Taulelei to APEC Trade Ministers, 4 June
Remarks by ABAC Chair Rachel Taulelei to APEC Senior Officials, 11/12 March 2021
Remarks to Public Private Dialogue on Renewable Energy, Malcolm Johns, ABAC NZ, 18 January 2021
Address To Te Taumata, Whakatū, 24 November 2020, Rachel Taulelei
Presentation to ABAC IV, 17 November 2020, Rachel Taulelei , Abac 2021 Work Programme (text)
ABAC 2021 Work Programme (presentation)
Presentation to ABAC III, 14 September 2020, Towards a virtual ABAC, Rachel Taulelei (presentation)
Supporting the WTO, Rachel Taulelei: presentation to ABAC, 22 July 2020 (pdf download)
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