PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) - The United States Trade Representative Ron
Kirk, President Obama's Chief Trade Advisor, will be visiting Cambodia's Siem
Reap province on Aug. 30-31 to participate in the 44th ASEAN Economic
Ministers' meetings and the ASEAN-US Business Summit, according to a press
release from the US Embassy in Cambodia on Monday.
"The ten ASEAN countries are
key economic and strategic partners for the United States, and Ambassador Kirk's
visit to Cambodia will demonstrate the United States' support for ASEAN
integration and desire to deepen economic engagement with the region, as well
as highlight broader US goals for economic relations in the Asia-Pacific,"
said the press release.
Kirk's schedule will include 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 press release said that 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
innovation, and to convey their shared recommendations in direct dialogue with
the ASEAN trade ministers.
With a theme of innovation and
the digital economy, it will focus on topics such as cloud computing,
innovations in the food industry, and the use of technology to enhance business
competitiveness, trade, and economic growth, it added.
On the margins of the Ministers'
meetings, Kirk will also 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.
The 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers
Meeting and related meetings will be held in Siem Reap, the cultural province
of Cambodia from Aug. 25 to Sept. 1, according to a press release from
Cambodia's Ministry of Commerce.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
will open the 44th meeting on Aug. 27.
The meeting will discuss topics
relevant to trade liberalization and economic cooperation among the ten ASEAN
countries and the meetings between ASEAN economic ministers and dialogue
countries including China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India,
the United States, Canada and Russia.
The Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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