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.
Meas Chansatya
Business & Investment Opportunities
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