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Obama postpones Indonesia, Australia trip again, June 4 IN THIS UPDATE:Obama postpones Indonesia trip again

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The Council's Indonesia Manager, Mike Orgill, will be in Jakarta June 4- June 23 to meet with members and Indonesian Government officials. Please contact Mike at morgill@usasean.org to arrange a meeting in Jakarta.

The U.S.-Indonesia Energy Dialogue will be held June 28-29 in Washington. The Department of Energy has invited Council members to participate in the dialogue. For more information, please contact Mike Orgill at morgill@usasean.org.

Indonesia appoints Agus Martowardojo as new Finance MinisterIN THIS UPDATE:Indonesia's new Finance Minister

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The Council will be meeting with the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Managing Director for Private Sector Initiatives, Jeri Jensen, on May 27 to discuss upcoming grants by the MCC to Indonesia. For more information, please contact Mike Orgill at morgill@usasean.org.

President Obama will (tentatively) be visiting Indonesia June 15-17.  The Council is preparing a set of recommendations for activities and deliverables in preparation for the visit. For more information, please contact Mike Orgill at morgill@usasean.org.

(Seattle) A delegation including Trade Ministers from 5 Southeast Asian nations began a week-long visit to the United States today. At the invitation of the US-ASEAN Business Council and the United States Trade Representative the delegation will visit Seattle and Washington D.C. to promote Southeast Asia’s growing importance at the crossroads of global trade and investment and the focal point of developing regional architecture in Southeast Asia. By 2015, the 10 nations of ASEAN [The Association of Southeast Asian Nations] aim to establish a European-Union style single market economic community welding these 10 countries together into a single economy of nearly 600 million consumers with a collective GDP that will have surpassed $1.5 trillion dollars. The delegation will seek to showcase opportunities for American business both large and small in the growing markets of Southeast Asia.

Under-Secretary of Defense Flournoy to visit Malaysia IN THIS UPDATE: Under Secretary of Defense to visit SE Asia ASEAN U.S. Position Indonesia Malaysia Thailand

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Defense & Security Commitee members will meet Tuesday, April 20th at 9:30 AM DC Time in the Council Offices to discuss priorities for the upcoming year. To attend in person or request dial-in information, contact Anthony Nelson at anelson@usasean.org

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U.S. Under Secretary of Defense on Two-Day Visit to Malyasia, Bernama, April 19