United
States Trade Representative Ron Kirk, will spend two days, August 30
and 31, in Siem Reap attending the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers’
meeting and the ASEAN-US Business Summit.
He is also scheduled to
meet separately with Cambodian leaders and other participating
ministers to discuss bilateral trade issues and objectives for regional
partnerships, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, according to the
statement from the US Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Ambassador Kirk’s
visit to Cambodia is to demonstrate the United States’ support for ASEAN
integration and desire to deepen economic engagement with the region,
and to highlight broader US goals for economic relations in the Asia
Pacific region.
The statement said he will attend a meeting of
the ASEAN-US Trade and Investment Framework Arrangement (TIFA) Council,
an informal meeting of the East Asia Summit Economic Ministers, and the
first ever ASEAN-US Business Summit.
The ASEAN-US Business
Summit provides an opportunity for business representatives from the
United States and ASEAN to exchange views on promoting economic growth
and innovative, and to convey their shared recommendations in direct
dialogue with the ASEAN trade ministers.
The American-Cambodian Business Council
has also invited all interested business people to attend the Thursday
August 30 summit that will be hosted at Le Meridien Angkor. Registration
for the event has closed.
The event is organised by USAID, the United States Trade Representative, and the United States Mission to ASEAN, in partnership with the US-ASEAN Business Council and the US Chamber of Commerce.
Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082458256/Business/siem-reap-to-host-asean-us-business-summit.html
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