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The Asean e-commerce treaty is a key element of the Asean summit in Singapore this week, and comes as Asean forms closer ties with the e-commerce industry through a memorandum of understanding with computer giant IBM to collaborate on technology developments in the region.
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They acknowledged that at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Singapore, dimming hopes for the Copenhagen summit.
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Mr. Obama will fly to Singapore later Saturday for an APEC leaders summit.
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Calling all foodies: the 16th annual World Gourmet Summit runs 23 April to 3 May in Singapore, featuring the likes of nose-to-tail king Fergus Henderson and celeb chef Marco Pierre White.
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Obama then heads overseas for the annual Asian Pacific economic summit, with stops planned in Japan, China and Singapore.
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In March and April, the Dachis Group is also holding their Social Business Summit in four cities around the world: Austin, London, Singapore and Sydney.
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The dichotomy has marked recent meetings, from the World Bank-International Monetary Fund sessions in Washington to the ASEAN economic ministers discussions in Manila and the World Economic Forum East Asia summit, which convened leading figures in business, government and academe in Singapore.
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