An Apec-branded Covid face mask, a handwritten letter from Jacinda Ardern to a future NZ Prime Minister and even a copy of the Herald’s Apec 2021 supplement are among items being tucked away within a time capsule which will be “unearthed” when New Zealand next hosts Apec. In her letter to a future prime minister, Ardern expresses her hope – for the sake of everyone – “that you don’t find yourself hosting in the middle of a pandemic!” “May your…
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Friday called for pursuing through a forum of Pacific Rim economies the possibility of a digital trade agreement, amid concerns that the United States may be falling behind China in taking the lead in writing key trade rules in the region. “We write to urge you to utilize and work with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) … to encourage strong outcomes” in the next leaders’ meeting, Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of…
PBEC – Pacific Basin Economic Council is excited to announce its keynote speaker who will kick-off our wonderful week of live roundtable dialogues consisting of 53+ Expert speakers, under this years theme ‘Striving Forward in Asia Pacific,’ on Mon 22nd November at 1000L HK Time. Join us for FREE, as we debate & share leading experts insights and future outlook for the Asia Pacific region on a number of key topics, during our upcoming Live Dialogues Week 22-26th November 2021. Natalie Chung…
AusPECC Webinar – Next Steps in Sustainable Finance in Australia & Globally 18 October at 2:00pm AEDT |11:00am SGT/HKG | 4:00pm NZDT. This webinar will bring together three Australian experts to discuss sustainable finance with a specific focus on exploring the next steps for Australia and the international community. Following the speakers presentations there will be a Q&A session moderated by AusPECC Chair, Dr Gordon de Brouwer, where attendees are encouraged to engage with the speakers and submit questions for…
The Pacific Basin Economic Council is a valued Standing Committee Member of PECC – Pacific Economic Co-operation Council and I wish to invite its members to attend and participate in an upcoming live virtual all-day event via webex, hosted by the Chinese Taipei CTPECC. The Chinese Taipei Pacific Economic Cooperation Committee (CTPECC) will be holding its 36th Pacific Economic Community Seminar Webex Meeting on 14 October 2021, 09.45am-05.00pm HKG/PEK/TPE Local Time. The theme of this year’s Seminar is “Economic Transformation…
I am pleased to announce PBEC will host its inaugural Virtual Live Week – “Striving Forward in Asia Pacific” from November 22-26th 2021 ahead of this year’s Horasis Asia Meeting. As preparations continue for our inaugural Virtual Week of dialogues, I hope many of you here will be able to join us and engage in the multiple live virtual dialogues being made available free of charge. More details will soon follow. We are gathering PBEC’s network of business leaders, entrepreneurs,…
The PBEC – Pacific Basin Economic Council, is delighted to announce it has been accepted as a full Corporate member of the ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) with immediate effect. PBEC has always supported and worked in close partnership with the ESBN under a MoU for many years. Several of PBEC’s members and board of directors are affiliated or are long-standing committee members themselves of ESBN as a net result of co-operation. So when ESBN recently changed…
Horasis Asia Virtual Live Meeting 2021 Date: Friday 26th November 2021. Time: 0730 to 2000L HK/Singapore Time Online: Via www.RuntheWorld.today Event platform Horasis will convene the 2021 Horasis Asia Meeting virtually due to the ongoing covid pandemic on Friday 26th November 2021. The Horasis Asia Meeting will bring together over 400 speakers of the foremost business and political leaders from across Asia and the world. It is a hybrid event allowing everyone to join this unique event and choose what…
Imperial Risk Management virtual brochure Risk Management IVP September -November Timetable 2021 Imperial Business School a part of Imperial College London has an executive education programme starting on 22nd September 2021 on Risk Management. It will be delivered primarily in a virtual format and therefore can be attended by participants from different locations and regions allowing for the time differences. Imperial Business School as a valued PBEC member themselves are extending an invite to one lucky PBEC member to attend…
PBEC held its bi-monthly Hong Kong members roundtable chaired by our Chairman Andrew Weir MBE on 8th September 2021. Andrew is joined by Vice Chairman Moses Cheng OBE, and two speakers in Anna Lin JP, CEO of GS1 HK & Professor Paulina Chan Chair of IEEE (USA) Hong Kong Branch. Andrew provides his latest regional insights and Anna and Paulina talk about their respective companies’ activities in relation to the facilitation of regional trade, movement, security, safety and traceability of…