Speaking at the 2008 APEC Road Show event in AS/COA New York, Ambassador Juan Carlos Capuñay talks about today's economic relations between Asia-Pacific countries in the age of globalization.
Asia & Latin America
Speaking at the 2008 APEC Road Show event in Washington D.C., Luis Alberto Moreno, Inter-American Development Bank president, invites to take a new look at the trans-pacific region and its potential for successful partnerships and role the IDB plays as a business facilitation platform.
With Peru hosting the annual APEC summit in 2008, growing economic ties between Asia and Latin America get another boost. An AS/COA Asia-Latin America update takes a closer look at prospects for the 2008 APEC Leaders Summit, links between Mexico and South Korea, and the Free Trade Area of the Pacific.
A December deadline requiring Mexico to eliminate tariffs against Chinese products could bring more of the Asian giant’s goods to Mexican markets—and open doors for business cooperation. In a recent CNBC interview, AS/COA President Susan Segal discussed prospects for deepening Asian-Latin American relations.
As part of its Asia-Latin America initiative, AS/COA co-hosted with the Asia Society a forum to discuss Asian Perspectives on Latin America. This report offers a summary of remarks by Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong and Chilean Ambassador Mariano Fernandez, as well as analysis of deepening Pan-Pacific trade and business relations with an eye to APEC 2008 in Peru.
Chile, Mexico, and Peru are among the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum members that met at the annual meeting. What was achieved in Australia and how will Peru manage its role as the next APEC Summit host?