| We also organize information sessions on APEC for businesspeople and non-governmental organizations. |
| It has also lobbied to join ASEAN, APEC, and the Shanghai Cooperation Council. |
| The APEC leaders are also expected to hold a number of bilateral talks on the sidelines of the summit. |
| In some APEC countries, governments refuse to recognize independent trade unions which have been set up in opposition to government controlled unions. |
| Eight APEC BITs only deal with post-establishment national treatment, and two contain no reference to this standard. |
| Almost half of these have now either been torn down or will be by the time the APEC summiteers arrive. |
