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What is APEC?
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. APEC Philippines 2015 was the 27th annual gathering of APEC   leaders. It was held in the Manila Philippines , on 18–19, November 2015 .  It marks the second time the Philippines was playing host to the APEC, having hosted the event previously in 1996.

Who are the members of the APEC Summit 2015?
Prime Minister  Malcolm Turnbull Sultan  Hassanal Bolkiah Prime Minister  Justin Trudeau President  Michelle Bachelet President  Xi Jinping Former Vice-President Vincent Siew Chief Executive  CY Leung President  Joko Widodo Prime Minister  Shinzō Abe Prime Minister<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Najib Razak President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Enrique Peña Nieto Prime Minister<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  John Key Prime Minister<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Peter O'Neill President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Ollanta Humala President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Benigno S. Aquino III President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Vladimir Putin Prime Minister<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Lee Hsien Loong President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Park Geun-hye Prime Minister<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Prayuth Chan-ocha President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Barack Obama President<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:21.056px;text-align:center;">  Trương Tấn Sang
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What is the purpose of APEC?
<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:24px;">APEC works to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers across the Asia-Pacific region, creating efficient domestic economies and dramatically increasing exports. The Bogor Goals help APEC's goal to enhance economic growth and prosperity for the regions by striving for free and open trade and investment in Asia-Pacific by 2010 for industrialized economies and 2020 for developing economies.

What is the reason why APEC was establish?
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Main reason and purpose for the establishment of APEC 's desire to conduct forums, or conferences, which will enable further improvement of the economy of its members. This means speeding up the economic development, promotion of cooperation between members, trade liberalization, and creating opportunities community of Asia - Pacific.