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The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean. The region's precise boundaries vary depending on context, but countries and territories in Australasia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia are often included.
APAC: Asia-Pacific; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region; APJ: Asia Pacific and Japan [3] APMA: Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa; APSG: Asia Pacific and Singapore; Arab League: a regional organization of Arab countries
Rank Country GDP (millions of USD) 1 China 17,700,899 2 Japan 4,230,862 3 India 3,732,224 4 South Korea 1,709,232 5 Australia 1,687,713 6 Indonesia 1,417,387 7 Taiwan ...
Initially, the Group was known as the Asian Group. [8] However, by the 1970s, Pacific island nations were gaining independence and joining the group. By the mid-2000s the number of Pacific island nations in the group had reached over one fifth of the membership, so they began to advocate for a change of name of the Group.
ABC news report of the first APEC meeting in Canberra, November 1989, featuring delegates watching the Melbourne Cup. The initial inspiration for APEC came when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s series of post-ministerial conferences, launched in the mid-1980s, had demonstrated the feasibility and value of regular conferences among ministerial-level representatives of both ...
In international, underlying growth was 9%, with Latin America up 13%, EMEA up 9% and Asia Pacific up 6%. For the full year, Marsh's revenue was $12.5 billion, with underlying growth of 7%.
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
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