Council members extended support to Malaysia's “Industry 4WRD” National Policy through a workshop designed to help empower Malaysian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. From left to right: Mr. John Patrick Antonysamy (Senior Director, Strategic Planning Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry), Ms. Choo Wai Meng (Executive Director for Strategic Planning (Manufacturing), Malaysian Investment Development Authority), Dr. Mohd Shahrul Azmi bin Mohamad Yusoff (Director, Industrial Centre of Innovation in SMART Manufacturing, The Standard and Industrial Research Institue of Malaysia), Azrin Azlina Anuar (Director for Government Engagement Visa), Matt Baker (He aad of Small and Medium Enterprises Solution Visa), YB Datuk Darell Leiking (Minister of International Trade and Industry), Ambassador Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir (U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia), Amb. Michael W. Michalak (Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director US – ASEAN Business Council), Philip Glickman (Vice President Business Development Mastercard), Peter Rand (Sales Lead for SME Services in Asia Pacific Mastercard), Sunil Singh (Sales IT Domain Leader – Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa), Suffian Muhili (Government Relations Leader Malaysia P&G), Valerie Tan (Director Public Policy Asia Pacific Mastercard), Tina Chee (CTO & Head of Systems Engineering Cisco Malaysia) and Tina Jamaluddin (Senior Representative Malaysia - US ASEAN Business Council).”

Congressman Ted Yoho (R-Fl.), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific gave remarks at the launch of ASEAN Matters for America, America Matters for ASEAN publication launch event on Capital Hill. Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and co-founder and co-chair of the ASEAN Caucus, H.E. Mahendra Siregar, Indonesian Ambassador to the United States, and Astri Kimball Van Dyke, Senior Counsel at Google also gave remarks at the event. 

His Excellency Pan Sorasak, Cambodian Minister of Commerce and Alex Feldman, US-ASEAN Business Council President and CEO at the 2019 Cambodia Business Mission in Phnom Penh, taking place from July 8-9. The mission focused on supporting capacity-building efforts, including human capital development, SME training, and youth leadership programs throughout Cambodia. Representatives from 14 American companies attended the mission.

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On June 11-12, the Council led a delegation of US companies to the 28^th Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs in Vientiane, Laos, featuring a plenary consultation session with all 10 ASEAN leaders. The mission was led by Fatimah Alsagoff of UPS, Chair of the Customs and Trade Facilitation Committee, and Amb. Michael Michalak, Council Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director.

On June 19, 2019, the US-ASEAN Business Council celebrated its 35th Anniversary at its annual gala dinner, with a keynote address from Randall Schriver, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, and remarks from the Honorable Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, David Bohigian, Acting President and CEO of OPIC, and Congressman Ted Yoho, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation.

On May 7-9, the US-ASEAN Business Council led a business delegation to Singapore where US firms engaged with government ministers to deepen partnerships with Singapore and to promote free and open trade in southeast Asia. Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore Foreign Minister and Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative, underscored Singapore’s role as a launchpad for innovation.   American business supports Singapore’s tech and finance hub goals and are eager to participate in Singapore’s next phase of development.”

On April 18, the Council hosted a welcome luncheon for the new Indonesian Ambassador, H.E. Mahendra Siregar. We look forward to working with Ambassador Siregar to continue to strengthen US-Indonesia ties and maintain engagement on trade and investment issues.

On Thursday, April 11, the Council hosted a roundtable, reception and dinner in honor of H.E. Mai Tien Dung, Minister & Chairman of the Office of the Government of Vietnam, in Washington, D.C., ahead of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings. During the dinner, both Chairman Dung and Deputy USTR Ambassador Jeffrey Gerrish delivered remarks to highlight the importance of the U.S.-Vietnam trade and investment relationship.