When was apec in hawaii
July 27, You are entering the Archive for the U. While in Honolulu, we are also seeking solid progress with the Trans-Pacific Partnership TPP agreement, which is a 21st-century agreement that tackles pressing trade concerns in new ways, addresses cross-cutting issues previously unaddressed in trade agreements, and benefits from an unprecedented level of stakeholder input.
While APEC is a voluntary, cooperative forum where we can collectively tackle critical trade and investment topics in the Asia-Pacific, TPP parties are negotiating binding commitments and obligations which reflect our highest ambitions.
In considering trade in the 21st-century, TPP parties are discussing comprehensive issues like building regional production, promoting development, and facilitating the participation of small- and medium-sized businesses in global trade.
By eliminating traditional barriers that prevent smaller businesses from entering the world marketplace, we are opening pathways for these enterprises to expand and grow through trade.
If even just a few more businesses out of every hundred in America export, we will see a dramatic increase in jobs here in the United States. This weekend, President Obama, in hosting meetings with his fellow APEC Leaders, will attempt to achieve these trade goals and grow American jobs through increasing export opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region.
During the meetings, USTR. Since President Obama signed trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama into law, there has been increased awareness in our country about the importance and potential of international trade to support jobs here at home. Leaders around the world are looking toward trade as a path to economic growth and better jobs.
The Asia-Pacific region is one that promises many benefits to the United States as we sell more made-in-America products abroad. Trade Representatives Demetrios Marantis and Michael Punke, will be there to advance ideas and policies that will help put more Americans back to work. Two additional top export destinations are Japan and Korea. Top exports to Japan and Korea in include optic and medical equipment, electrical machinery, machinery, and aircraft. Agricultural products like coarse grains, red meats, and wheat were also important exports.
Greater cooperation amongst the 21 member economies will translate into magnified benefits including increased U. Kamut International was founded by farmers Bob Quinn and Mack Quinn in with a dream to provide high quality organic food by selling a unique, ancient breed of wheat called khorasan. The family-owned company has enjoyed a lot of success from selling khorasan which is known for the guarantee of organic production and preservation of the original seed. Today, the company exports to six continents throughout the world including the Asia-Pacific region.
The company also partners with businesses who directly sell KAMUT grain to their domestic markets or in the form of processed foods. As purchasing power increases in these consumer markets, so does demand for better food. These new partners are interested in selling products made from the unique Montana-grown wheat. More demand for Kamut khorasan wheat from around the world directly supports Montana farms and jobs.
The top three product categories to APEC member economies exported in were machinery, transportation equipment, and chemicals. One-quarter A total of 16, companies exported goods from Illinois in Of those, 15, 90 percent were small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs , with fewer than employees.
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When we build new revenue streams from new markets like the United Kingdom and Australia, we need more manpower to support the flood of new customers and first-time transactions. This adds jobs to our customer support team in the U. USTR is working hard this week to create new opportunities for U. Be sure to follow our progress here on USTR. Today is day four of USTR. Teltronics, Inc. Addressing Unauthorized Camcording We endorsed the APEC Effective Practices for Addressing Unauthorized Camcording to assist affected economies implement public awareness efforts, engage in cooperation with the private sector on capacity building, and adopt effective legal frameworks, when necessary, to address the challenges of unauthorized camcording in cinemas.
With the development of improved technologies and the increasing sophistication of pirates, unauthorized camcording has become a significant issue affecting the region. Strengthening Food Security Securing our regional food supply from shortages and price shocks requires open markets, increased transparency, and information sharing on stocks and production, as well as deepening of our commitment to long-term investments in agricultural development, including agricultural productivity.
We noted the progress on implementation of the Niigata Declaration on APEC Food Security, which supports our shared goals of sustainable development of the agricultural sector and trade and investment facilitation.
We welcomed the establishment of the APEC Policy Partnership on Food Security, which will further integrate the private sector into our food security work. We called on all relevant APEC fora to contribute to capacity-building activities based on these priorities through We reaffirmed our commitment to achieving our aspirational goal of a 25 percent improvement in EoDB by , and instructed officials to continue to carry out capacity building to assist economies in meeting this target.
We endorsed the launch of the APEC Travel Facilitation Initiative to work over the long-term towards expediting the flow of growing numbers of travelers in the Asia-Pacific region and facilitating departures and arrivals for international passengers, while ensuring the security of the overall travel system.
We instructed officials to review progress each year on the implementation of the Strategy. We further instructed officials to continue work on the Trade Recovery Program in by undertaking a multi-year project in conjunction with the private sector to build an operational system for ensuring trade recovery and resilience across the region in the wake of natural disasters and other major disruptions, such as terrorist attacks.
We also underscored the importance of cooperation on nuclear safety, including capacity-building and sharing of best practices in coordination with relevant technical and multilateral organizations. Streamlining Import Procedures for Energy-Efficient Demonstration Vehicles We agreed to develop common elements of policies and regulations for the importation of non-salable, alternative-fueled demonstration vehicles by the end of that allow temporary access for a small number of imported demonstration vehicles; produce effective, targeted research outcomes; permit extended, public on-road demonstrations, while ensuring adequate safety; and, streamline import procedures by providing expedited approval processes and duty- and tax-exempt treatment during the demonstration period see Annex C.
Facilitating Trade in Remanufactured Products We agreed to facilitate trade in remanufactured goods by making existing and future tariff and non-tariff measures applied to goods that are not newly-manufactured publicly available, electronically, in their domestic languages, and, where possible, in English.
When laws and regulations related to such measures are under development, we agreed to provide a meaningful process for stakeholders to comment and to take those comments into consideration in producing final rules. We also welcomed the APEC Pathfinder Initiative on Facilitating Trade in Remanufactured Goods, under which participating economies committed not to apply measures specifically concerning used goods to remanufactured goods see Annex D.
Jump to navigation. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. This agreement will boost U. There are still plenty of details to work out, but we are confident that we can do so. So we've directed our teams to finalize this agreement in the coming year.
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