Growth to be focus of ASEAN Economic Summit

Prime Minister Hun Sen will be opening the 44th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting and related meetings will kick off August 27 in Siem Reap, the centre of Khmer culture and civilization in Cambodia, and will run to September 1, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The meeting will be to discuss many topics concerned with trade liberalization and economic cooperation among the 10 ASEAN member states. The dialogue willl include China, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United States, Canada and Russia as participants. … According to the press release from the Ministry of Commerce, the ASEAN economic ministers will also have joint meetings with the 26th ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) Council and the 15th ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council. There will also be a consultation meeting between ASEAN economic ministers and the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization. …