New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday she will host the first informal meeting of APEC leaders virtually on Friday to discuss the Asia-Pacific region's COVID-19 recovery and economic crisis.The online meeting will bring together the leaders of 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, such as Japan, the United States and China, before the traditional APEC leaders' meeting in the fall. New Zealand now holds the rotating APEC presidency."This is the first time in APEC's history that Leaders have held an additional meeting at Leaders' level, and it ref…READ FULL ARTICLE
