Jakarta, May 17 -- APEC economies met in Shanghai this week to advance trade and investment priorities ahead of the Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting in Suzhou on May 22-23.

The meeting focused on economic integration, supply chain resilience, digital trade, and efforts to reduce cross-border trade barriers, according to an APEC statement issued on Sunday.

Officials also discussed efforts to improve cross-border trade flows through paperless trade, digital customs procedures, and better interoperability between digital trade systems.

"This Committee remains a key platform for advancing APEC's trade and investment agenda," said Julio Chan, chair of the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment and APEC general coordinator at Peru's M...