• Absence of priorities- The effort in trade reform within APEC has been diffused across too many areas and there is need for more focus.
• Shortfalls in member commitments- Many countries have gone no further th an their existing pledges.
• Weak evaluation procedures- there is lack of outside scrutiny of individual m embers’ progress in implementing reforms
• Dearth of specific APEC incentives- APEC operates by consensus and there is no mechanism for enforcing group decisions.