Hon DAMIEN O'CONNOR (Minister for Trade and Export Growth): On Friday and Saturday, I chaired the annual APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting. One of our key objectives for the meeting was to demonstrate that APEC is responsive and relevant to the COVID-19 crisis. A key aspect of this was showing that trade can be a force for good, and, collectively, APEC Ministers delivered. The impact of the APEC trade Ministers' agreement is that it will make the component parts of the supply chain flow more smoothly. I understand that for the likes of the Pfizer vaccine, some 286 component parts are sourced from over 80 companies in nearly 20 countries. So "anything that makes the production smoother and easier has to be good not only for New Zealand but for all APEC members, and those benefits should flow through into our Pacific neighbours, who we are supporting." No one is safe from COVID-19 until we are all safe.