The Council celebrated the beginning of Amb. Rosan Roeslani’s tenure as Indonesian Ambassador to the US. He was inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on Oct 25 and presented his credentials to President Biden on Nov 30. Representatives from the USTR, DoC, ASEAN Embassies, US think thank and the private sector were present. The event was sponsored by bp, Lockheed Martin, Freeport McMoran, Kimberly Clark, Citi, Oracle and Google.

On Friday, December 3, the US-ASEAN Business Council organized a Luncheon Discussion in Bangkok with U.S. National Security Council officials Daleep Singh, Deputy National Security Advisor, and Andy Rabens, Director for Global Engagement and Multilateral Miplomacy at the NSC and NEC, to discuss key issues and topics including clean energy, digital infrastructure and infrastructure financing, and supply chain.

On October 13, the Council’s President & CEO, Ted Osius, Ambassador (ret.). Ted Osius participated in a meeting with Secretary John Kerry, U.S. Presidential Special Envoy for Climate (SPEC). The meeting was hosted by the ACW Chair, Philippines Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez at the Philippines Embassy in Washington DC with representatives from all 10 ASEAN states.

The leaders discussed the challenges and opportunities that #climate change and #sustainable economic recovery present for the region.

On Wednesday, November 10, the US-ASEAN Business Council organized a Luncheon Discussion with the U.S. Congressional Delegation during their trip to Thailand to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Thailand and the regional supply chain. The Congressional Delegation included Rep, Ami Bera, Rep. Derek Kilmer, Rep. Juan Vargas and Rep. Abigail Spanberger.

The Indonesia-U.S. Trade and Investment Dialogue on July 13,  at Indonesian Embassy in Washington, D.C. At this Dialogue, the Minister of Trade of Indonesia, H.E. Muhammad Lutfi, the Deputy Minister of Investment Promotion, Ikmal Lukman, and the new CEO of Indonesia Investment Authority, Ridha Wirakusumah, had a dialogue with approximately 20 U.S companies regarding trade and investment issues.

On Thursday, February 11, the Council organized a welcome luncheon for Michael Heath, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the U.S. Mission in Thailand. The Luncheon was hosted by Chevron, the Chair of the Council's Thailand Committee.

US-ABC Chairman, President & CEO Alex Feldman and President of ASEAN for Cisco Systems Naveen Menon, who chairs the Council's ICT Committee, joined U.S. FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks at the 1st ADGMIN+U.S. Meeting featuring Senior Officials from ASEAN Member State ICT ministries