Trade agreements should be re-thought to meet new goals and challenges. APEC in 2023 can advance discussions under APEC's Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP) Agenda to exchange best practices in bilateral and regional trade agreements.

APEC will strive to raise performance across all services sectors by improving data about the services sector and by broadening adherence to transparency and good-governance principles.

APEC will hold digital trade policy dialogues that focus on the contribution of cross-border data flows to APEC's continued growth.

The combined effects of the pandemic, climate crisis, and ongoing global tensions revealed the importance of resilient supply chains to the economy and to daily life. Both the APEC Supply Chain Connectivity Framework Action Plan (SCFAP) III and the APEC Alliance on Supply Chain Connectivity provide ideal platforms to strengthen supply chain resilience and further implement the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

To achieve inclusive, sustainable, and resilient growth, APEC will focus on increasing the quality of infrastructure projects in our region by focusing on transparency, economic efficiency, and debt sustainability.

The United States will promote the importance of travel facilitation of all business travelers in the region and work to modernize the travel experience through developments in technology, such as contactless travel.

APEC 2023 will continue to focus on digital health, health security and pandemic preparedness, mental health, cancer prevention and control, including cervical cancer, and regulatory harmonization and convergence. APEC 2023 also provides the opportunity to build on ongoing health collaboration to address gender and health equity in the context of health systems.