May 22-23, 2026, APEC trade ministers met in Suzhou and issued the 2026 Suzhou
Joint Statement, adopting a Roadmap for an Innovative, Competitive and Resilient
Services Sector. The Roadmap commits APEC economies to ensure an open,
predictable environment for services trade and investment; accelerate
digitalisation by developing digital services, skills and resilience
infrastructure to support advanced technologies; improve collection and
accessibility of services trade and investment data; pursue economy-wide
structural reforms with stakeholder engagement; promote sustainability and
environment-related services trade; and expand capacity building, information
sharing and technical cooperation—including on negotiating and implementing
services-related trade arrangements—to support the FTAAP agenda.