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   THE 22ND APEC ECONOMIC LEADERS' DECLARATION    
      
   Beijing, China    
      
   November 11, 2014    
      
   Beijing Agenda for an Integrated, Innovative and Interconnected Asia-Pacific    
      
      
      
   We, the APEC Leaders, gathered by Yanqi Lake in Beijing for the 22nd APEC   
   Economic Leaders' Meeting. Under the theme of "Shaping the Future through   
   Asia-Pacific Partnership", we held substantial discussions on the priorities   
   of advancing regional    
   economic integration, promoting innovative development, economic reform and   
   growth, and strengthening comprehensive connectivity and infrastructure   
   development with a view to expanding and deepening Asia-Pacific regional   
   economic cooperation, and    
   attaining peace, stability, development and common prosperity of the   
   Asia-Pacific.    
      
      
      
   The Asia-Pacific region has experienced a quarter of a century's growth and   
   development. APEC has not only made significant contributions to the region's   
   economic development, social progress and improvement of people's livelihoods,   
   but has also    
   epitomized the great changes and rising strategic position of the   
   Asia-Pacific. Through its unique approach featuring voluntary action,   
   consensus, flexibility and pragmatism, APEC has successfully established a   
   sound regional economic cooperation    
   framework among member economies with remarkable diversity and at different   
   stages of development. Adhering to the spirit of unity, mutual respect and   
   trust, mutual assistance and win-win cooperation, we have been working to   
   narrow the development gap    
   among ourselves and have consistently promoted the robust, sustainable,   
   balanced, inclusive and secure growth in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.    
      
      
      
   After years of rapid development, the Asia-Pacific has become the most dynamic   
   region of the world, and has never been as important as it is today in the   
   global landscape. At present, the Asia-Pacific maintains a strong momentum of   
   growth; it possesses    
   an enormous potential and has a bright future. Yet it is also faced with risks   
   and challenges.    
      
      
      
   We are at an important historical moment of building on past achievements and   
   striving for new progress. We are committed to working together to shape the   
   future through Asia-Pacific partnership, building an open economy in the   
   Asia-Pacific featuring    
   innovative development, interconnected growth, and shared interests, and   
   consolidating the leading role of the Asia-Pacific in the world economy, with   
   a goal of opening up new prospects for future cooperation and achieving common   
   prosperity in the Asia-   
   Pacific region.    
      
      
      
   To achieve the above-mentioned goals, we pledge to take the following actions:    
      
      
      
   I. Advancing Regional Economic Integration    
      
      
      
   Pursuing Free and Open Trade and Investment    
      
      
      
   We reiterate the value, centrality and primacy of the multilateral trading   
   system in promoting trade expansion, economic growth, job creation and   
   sustainable development. We stand firmly together to strengthen    
   herules-based, transparent, non-   
   discriminatory, open and inclusive multilateral trading system as embodied in   
   the WTO.    
      
      
      
   We express our grave concern regarding the impasse in the implementation of   
   the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which has resulted in stalemate and   
   uncertainties over other Bali decisions. These developments have affected the   
   credibility of the WTO    
   negotiating function. In finding solutions to the implementation of the Bali   
   decisions, APEC will exert creative leadership and energy together with all   
   WTO members in unlocking this impasse, putting all Bali decisions back on   
   track, and proceeding with    
   the formulation of Post-Bali Work Program, as a key stepping stone to   
   concluding the Doha Round.    
      
      
      
   We reaffirm our pledges against all forms of protectionism. We extend our   
   standstill commitment through the end of 2018 and reaffirm our commitment to   
   roll back protectionist and trade-distorting measures. We remain committed to   
   exercise maximum    
   restraint in implementing measures that may be consistent with WTO provisions   
   but have a significant protectionist effect and to promptly rectifying such   
   measures, where implemented.    
      
      
      
   We acknowledge that bilateral, regional and plurilateral trade agreements can   
   play an important role in complementing global trade liberalization   
   initiatives. We will continue to work together to ensure that they contribute   
   to strengthening the    
   multilateral trading system. We underscore the importance of the negotiations   
   to expand the product coverage of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA).   
   A final ITA expansion outcome should be commercially significant, credible,   
   pragmatic, balanced,    
   and reflective of the dynamic technological developments in the information   
   technology sector over the last 17 years, and contribute to the multilateral   
   trading system. We welcome APEC's leadership in advancing the negotiations and   
   call for swift    
   resumption and conclusion of plurilateral negotiations in Geneva. We welcome   
   the launch of negotiations on Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA) in July 2014   
   in Geneva. We encourage participants of the above initiatives to seek expanded   
   memberships.    
      
      
      
   We welcome the significant progress made toward achieving the Bogor Goals. We   
   will make every effort to achieve the Bogor Goals by 2020. We also welcome the   
   biennial Bogor Goals review this year. We urge all economies, particularly   
   developed ones to    
   deeply consider the conclusions of the Report on APEC's 2010 Economies'   
   Progress towards the Bogor Goals and the 2012 and 2014 Bogor Goals Progress   
   Report, and to take more concrete actions towards attaining the Bogor Goals.    
      
      
      
   Recognizing APEC has a critical role to play in shaping and nurturing regional   
   economic integration, we agree that APEC should make more important and   
   meaningful contributions as an incubator to translate the Free Trade Area of   
   the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP)    
   from a vision to reality. We reaffirm our commitment to the eventual FTAAP as   
   a major instrument to further APEC's regional economic integration agenda.    
      
      
      
      
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