The Apec moment Hong Kong needs to seize

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Hong Kong’s APEC finance ministers’ meeting focused on openness, cooperation and resilience amid increasingly complex global trade rules and security boundaries. The article considers how the city can continue to support cross-border commerce and attract international capital.

The first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum finance ministers’ meeting to be held in Hong Kong focused on openness, cooperation and resilience. These themes go to the heart of a question confronting the city: as globalisation becomes more difficult and the rules and security boundaries governing international markets grow more complex, what can Hong Kong still offer cross-border commerce? Globalisation is not over. Capital still seeks opportunities overseas, while technology,...