While some APEC economies have signed FTAs with multiple trade partners, others appear
less active in pursuing trade agreements. At one end of the spectrum, Chile; Singapore; Mexico
and Peru have signed and enforced on average more than 20 FTAs by September 2014: on the
other end, Papua New Guinea; Hong Kong, China; Chinese Taipei; and the Philippines have
only approximately 5 FTAs over the same period (see Figure 2). In terms of FTA partners,
Chile has the most partners (62 from 27 FTAs) followed by Mexico and Peru, each with 52
partners from 19 and 17 FTAs, respectively. In contrast, Hong Kong, China has 6 partners from
3 FTAs and Chinese Taipei 7 partners from 6 FTAs.