It is my great pleasure to welcome all of you, officially, to the APEC Leaders Meeting.
He was speaking ahead of the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit.
Second, APEC agreed on ways to promote the green growth we need for our energy security.
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Formed in 1989, APEC is a loose grouping of nations on both sides of the Pacific.
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In fact, APEC economies represent nine of the top 15 export markets for U.S. goods.
Building on our progress at APEC, we're going to keep striving for a seamless regional economy.
But APEC's potential will be diminished or lost because the agenda will become too diffuse.
We just had excellent conversations and consultations at the APEC conference that we hosted in Honolulu.
Extending free trade has been one of APEC's consistent aims since its creation in 1989.
Australia, another APEC member, has been a staunch supporter of the war on terrorism.
Apec ministers are meeting in Jeju in the run-up to the organisation's annual summit in November.
Agalarov is also building in Vladivostok in anticipation of the APEC summit scheduled for September 2012.
Chu: The problem with APEC is that there are a lot of initiatives and discussions.
The Apec summit, a high profile meeting between Asia-Pacific leaders, will take place there next year.
We just had an excellent meeting at APEC in Honolulu, that I was happy to host.
Thus far, the Pacific remains largely undivided, but APEC has few other achievements to its name.
It is launching an initiative to develop a set of banking standards which may be adopted APEC-wide.
I'd note that we also made a lot of progress increasing trade on the sidelines of APEC.
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The U.S. wants to finalize the basic terms of the agreement by the APEC summit in November.
Last November, Goh had stopped in Taipei on his way home from the APEC summit in Vancouver.
As I mentioned, the work of APEC is absolutely critical to drive a continuing opening of markets.
In Thailand he will join other regional leaders at the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
We'll continue to work with our APEC partners to reduce barriers and move toward a seamless regional economy.
Kohli: I think on the economic side over the medium to long term, APEC could be very important.
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the leading Asia-Pacific economic forum.
This year, the United States is hosting Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) annual meetings for the first time since 1993.
Mr. Obama will fly to Singapore later Saturday for an APEC leaders summit.
Do you see other APEC countries joining -- the obvious question is Japan?
After all, APEC provides an opportunity for leaders from across the region to work on economic and trade matters.
APEC's ostensible mission: to bind the economies of the Pacific rim closer together.
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