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(Washington, DC) - The Board of Directors, members and staff of the US-ASEAN Business Council offer sincere condolences to the Severino family, the ASEAN community, and the Government and people of the Philippines on the passing of Ambassador Rodolfo C. Severino Jr., who served as Secretary General of ASEAN from 1998 - 2002. Ambassador Severino passed at age 82 on April 19, 2019.
“I am saddened to learn of this great loss to the ASEAN Community and the Philippines,” said Alexander C. Feldman, President and CEO of the US-ASEAN Business Council. “Ambassador Severino saw ASEAN through to the new millennium, and his contributions to both his country and ASEAN are admirable and impressive. Having been Secretary General of ASEAN through the peak of the Asian financial crisis, Ambassador Severino leaves an important legacy for a resilient, prosperous and peaceful region.”
(Washington, DC) – Today, the US-ASEAN Business Council celebrated both the start of H.E. Mahendra Siregar’s tenure in Washington, D.C. as Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, and successful completion of Indonesia’s April 17 election, where nearly 155 million people, or almost 81 percent of the eligible population, voted simultaneously for the first time for five different levels of government, including for positions of the President and in national Parliament.
(Washington, D.C.) – The US-ASEAN Business Council held a roundtable, reception and dinner in honor of Minister Mai Tien Dung, Chairman of the Office of the Government of Vietnam, in Washington, D.C., ahead of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings.
(Manila) – The US-ASEAN Business Council, together with the Government of the Philippines and the ASEAN Secretariat, hosted the first ASEAN-U.S. Digital Policy Consultative Forum (DPCF) of 2019 on April 8 in Manila, Philippines. This DPCF was the first of a three-part series to be held on the sidelines of each of the ASEAN-Telecommunications and Information Technology Senior Officials and ASEAN Telecommunications Regulators’ Council (TELSOM-ATRC) meetings in 2019. The Council worked with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of the Government of the Philippines, as host of the first 2019 ASEAN TELSOM-ATRC Leaders’ Retreat, and supported policy makers and stakeholders in exchanging views on how to create an enabling environment for increased investment and growth of the data ecosystem in ASEAN.
(Chiang Rai) - The US-ASEAN Business Council led a delegation of 16 top American financial services firms on its annual mission to the ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM). During the mission, The Council also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 4 with the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC), formalizing collaboration of the Council, ABAC Financial Services Working Group and the EU-ASEAN Business Council.
The US-ASEAN Business Council delegation was led by the co-chairs of its Financial Services Committee, Amol Gupte, ASEAN Head and Citi Country Officer for Singapore; and Yancy Molnar, Senior Vice President, International Government Affairs at Chubb; as well as the US-ASEAN Business Council’s President & CEO, Alexander C. Feldman; and Senior Vice President & Regional Managing Director, Ambassador Michael W. Michalak.
(Washington, DC) – The US-ASEAN Business Council, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, hosted an off-the-record luncheon roundtable with Minister of International Trade and Industry and Member of Parliament, Darell Leiking. At the roundtable with Minister Leiking, a Q2 workshop for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) was announced, which will be conducted in close collaboration between Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Council in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Launch of ASEAN Safe, Nutritious Food PPP Initiative in Bangkok Yields Partnership Opportunities to Better Ensure Thailand’s Supply of Safe & Nutritious Food
(Bangkok) - CropLife Asia, EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC) and US-ASEAN Business Council (US-ABC) jointly conducted a workshop in Bangkok last Monday with national, regional and international food value chain stakeholders that signaled the official launch of the ASEAN Safe, Nutritious Food PPP Initiative. The three organizations have joined forces to form this new Alliance to lead a discussion around factors supporting a safe and nutritious supply of food in the region as well as help foster greater partnership between public and private sectors across the food value chain.
(Hanoi) – On March 22, the Council convened the final segment of the Post-ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting Roadshow, which was attended by Vietnam government officials and stakeholders, and four major U.S. infrastructure companies. The inaugural Roadshow is a follow-up to the Council-led business mission to the 24th ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting in November 2018, where U.S. companies officially participated in and engaged with the ASEAN Ministers of Transport and Senior Transport Officials on key infrastructure issues. The Roadshow themes are High-Quality Infrastructure and Safety.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, the US-ASEAN Business Council was pleased to host Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry, H.E. Chan Chun Sing for a luncheon to discuss Singapore’s view on the future of trade in the world’s most dynamic economic region, ASEAN, and leadership on major trade agreements, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
(Jakarta) – On March 20, the Council convened the Post-ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting Roadshow, which was attended by Indonesian government officials and stakeholders, and six major U.S. infrastructure companies. As an integral continuity of the 2018 Business Mission, the themes for the Roadshow are High-Quality Infrastructure and Safety. The inaugural Roadshow is a follow-up to the Council-led Business Mission to the 24th ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting in November 2018, where U.S.