It hinders economic development by creating an unstable environment for investment and growth, and it facilitates inter-communal strife that leads to violence on a massive scale.
We are willing to partner with countries around the world to deepen ties of trade and investment, and science and technology, energy and development -- all efforts that can spark economic growth for all our people and stabilize democratic change.
We discussed some of the broader challenges of getting a meaningful Copenhagen agreement and continuing to stabilize the world economy and promoting growth, both through trade and investment and also through what has been discussed throughout the ASEAN summit, the idea of inclusive development and growth where it's not just at the top but is spread out among the population.
We continue to grow our research and developmentinvestment in these segments, as well as auto OEM, in order to capitalize on the numerous long-term growth initiatives in each of them.