Strong leadership will be needed if APEC is to meet its self-imposed Bogor free trade deadlines, ABAC Action Plan Monitoring Committee chair Ernest S Micek says.
Micek, chairman retired of Cargill Inc, says the road towards free trade and open investment has become more difficult after the events of 11 September.
"First, I believe all economies that are part of APEC have good intentions of meeting the Bogor goals. However, the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the recent ...