Ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week, we asked a group of experts from China’s neighboring countries what they thought the main thrust of discussion in Manila should be. If host, the Philippines, under pressure from China, has signaled the impossibility of addressing tensions in the region’s main channel of international economic activity, the South China Sea, what can APEC participants talk about? If APEC member states can’t talk about maritime trade security, what should they be discussing? What other areas can be addressed and how can progress be made? —The Editors