The examples considered so far are ones where most APEC governments can immediately perceive benefits from co-operation. Moreover, in these cases, there was no strong domestic opposition. While implementing these initial steps and reaping their all-round benefits and gaining confidence in the commitment of participants to regional economic co-operation. APEC to develop a strategy for dealing with a much wider range of issues. All participants are well aware that while there are many more proposals for co-operation with potential net gains for each participating economy, not all of them are yet perceived as such. In many cases, proposals which are positive-sum games at an economy- wide level are likely to encounter resistance from narrow sectoral interests who have reason to fear International competition.