ASEAN-US business summit next week
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. … 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. …