Asia Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) released a list of Environmental Goods in the year 2012 to
improve the trade and accessibility of environment-friendly technologies by
lowering import taxes for those environmental products. The present list, which
includes fifty-four subheadings, reveals significant gaps because it fails to
consider the lower-income countries’ perspective and technological progression
alongside nontariff trade restrictions that serve as limitations to green trade
expansion. The article argues that APEC’s Environmental Goods (EG) List
requires immediate reassessment to ensure compatibility with modern sustainability
standards and goals. The article proposes several strategies, including the
expansion of APEC’s EG List to promote sustainable economic development and
environmental targets globally.