The 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting is taking place in South Korea, on Friday 31 October and Saturday 1 November.
APEC is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim. It pursues a liberalising agenda, centred around the interests of multinational corporations, so inevitably dominated by Global North countries, in particular the United States.
With Trump’s imposition of tariffs having a huge impact across the world, there is so much that ought to be discussed at the meeting. But it is unlikely Trump will be confronted about the damage US economic policy is inflicting on other countries.
An International People’s Summit against APEC 2025, will also be taking place in South Korea, which will discuss these important issues.
In this short video, Anlin Wang interviews Dae-Han Song from South Korea, who explains the role that APEC plays and sets out an alternative progressive agenda that needs to be addressed.
Dae-Han Song is a part of the International Strategy Center and the Korea Policy Institute. He is a member of the international No Cold War collective.
Anlin Wang has been organizing with the Democratic Socialists of America since 2018 and served on the International Committee since 2019, where he currently leads their China Working Group and serves as a liaison to No Cold War. Anlin is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and remains active in local organizing, where he has served on leadership of peoples’ movement organizations, worked as an organizer for progressive candidates seeking office, and acted as DSA liaison to events and movements in the region.
No Cold War Perspectives #20 Video